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Economic Recovery On-the-Job Training Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3524
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Employment and training programs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: 
Economic Recovery On-the-Job Training Act of 2013 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to make discretionary grants to state and local boards for adult on-the-job training or dislocated worker on-the-job training programs within economically disadvantaged areas and extremely economically disadvantaged areas. Requires the Secretary to ensure that state and local boards within extremely economically disadvantaged areas receive 25% more authorized grant funds than those within economically disadvantaged areas.
 
Defines &quot;economically disadvantaged area&quot; to mean any area for which there is a single five-digit postal zip code, and which includes any portion of a census tract where the median annual household income is less than $40,000 per year. Defines &quot;extremely economically disadvantaged area&quot; similarly, except for a median annual household income of less than $32,000 per year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Introduced in House
International Hydrocephalus Treatment and Training Act

Bill: 113-hr-3525
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2013-11-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child health
Foreign aid and international relief
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Medical education
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding
Surgery and anesthesia
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: 
International Hydrocephalus Treatment and Training Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to provide assistance to support a network of trained medical practitioners to treat hydrocephalus in children at pediatric hospitals and hydrocephalus treatment centers in developing countries.
 
Requires such assistance to provide for surgeon training and establishment of at least 20 treatment centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Humanitarian Assistance Facilitation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3526
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2013-11-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Africa
Conflicts and wars
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Disaster relief and insurance
Foreign aid and international relief
Natural disasters
Sanctions
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Somalia
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: 
Humanitarian Assistance Facilitation Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that humanitarian organizations acting in good faith and with the appropriate restrictions and controls in place should not be prevented from providing aid to civilian populations before or early on in humanitarian crises, such as in the famine in al-Shabaab-controlled areas of Somalia.
 
Amends the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to permit under specified conditions persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction to enter into transactions with certain sanctioned foreign persons that are customary, necessary, and incidental to the donation or provision of goods or services to prevent or alleviate the suffering of civilian populations.
 
Directs the Secretary of State to establish an Advisory Council on United States Policy Related to Non-Governmental Activities to Prevent and Respond to Human Suffering in Areas Affected By Certain Sanctioned Foreign Persons.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to exclude from the definition of &quot;material support or resources&quot; (regarding foreign terrorist organizations) engaging in speech or communication with a terrorist organization to prevent or alleviate the suffering of a civilian population, including speech or communication to reduce or eliminate the frequency and severity of violent conflict and reducing its impact on the civilian population.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Introduced in House
National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3528
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: 
National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005 to include as a purpose of such Act to foster the establishment of state-administered controlled substance monitoring systems in order to ensure that appropriate law enforcement, regulatory, and state professional licensing authorities have access to prescription history information for the purposes of investigating drug diversion and prescribing and dispensing practices of errant prescribers or pharmacists.
 
Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise and update the controlled substance monitoring program, including to: (1) allow grants to be used to maintain and operate existing state controlled substance monitoring programs, (2) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to redistribute any funds that are returned among the remaining grantees, (3) require a state to provide the Secretary with aggregate data and other information to enable the Secretary to evaluate the success of the state's program and to submit a progress report to Congress, and (4) expand the program to include any commonwealth or territory of the United States.
 
Authorizes the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) or a state Medicaid program or state health department receiving nonidentifiable information from a controlled substance monitoring database to make such information available to other entities for research purposes. 
 
Requires a state receiving a grant to: (1) facilitate prescriber use of the state's controlled substance monitoring system, and (2) educate prescribers on the benefits of the system both to them and society.
 
Revises preferences for grants related to drug abuse to authorize the Secretary to give preference to eligible states or tribes that put forth a good faith effort to meet minimum requirements under the controlled substance monitoring program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-18
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Habitat Homeownership Act

Bill: 113-hr-3529
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Housing finance and home ownership
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Low- and moderate-income housing
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
Protecting Habitat Homeownership Act - Amends the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to exempt residential mortgage loans originated by non-profit low-income housing providers from certain minimum loan standards as well as appraisal, servicing, and billing requirements.
 
Defines &quot;non-profit low-income housing provider&quot; as a tax-exempt charitable organization that does not engage in the business of a loan originator or mortgage broker but does make residential mortgage loans: (1) to promote or facilitate homeownership for poor or low-income, disabled, or other disadvantaged persons or families; and (2) at interest rates lower than the bank prime loan rate; or (3) that are, after adjusting for inflation, no-interest loans or loans with interest rates significantly below the interest rates for loans for purchase of single-family housing generally available in the market. Prescribes additional requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Creating Access to Rehabilitation for Every Senior (CARES) Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3531
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
Creating Access to Rehabilitation for Every Senior (CARES) Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to coverage of extended care services without regard to the three-day prior hospitalization requirement (non-post-hospital extended care services).
 
Restricts such coverage to non-post-hospital extended care services in a qualified skilled nursing facility.
 
Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to study the cost of impact of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Student Athletes From Concussions Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3532
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Neurological disorders
School administration
School athletics
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to condition each state's receipt of ESEA funds, beginning in FY2015, on the state having in effect and enforcing a law or regulation that meets the minimum requirements for the prevention and treatment of concussions set forth in this Act.
 
Requires each local educational agency in the state to develop and implement a standard plan for concussion safety and management for its public schools that includes: (1) the education of students, parents, and school personnel about concussions through specified activities; (2) specified supports for each student recovering from a concussion; and (3) specified best practices designed to ensure the uniformity of safety standards, treatment, and management. 
 
Requires each public school to post on school grounds and make publicly available on the school website specified information on concussions. 
 
Provides that if any public school personnel suspects that a student has sustained a concussion during a school-sponsored activity: (1) the student is to be immediately removed from participation in that activity and prohibited from participating in school-sponsored athletic activities until the student submits a written release from a health care professional; and (2) that individual is to report all available information regarding the student's injury to a concussion management team that will then confirm and report to the student's parents the date, time, and type of the injury suffered by the student and any actions taken to treat the student.
 
Requires each concussion management team to include a health care professional, the student's parents, other relevant school personnel, and an individual assigned by the public school to oversee and manage the students' recovery.
 
Requires the school's concussion management team to consult with and make recommendations to relevant school personnel and the student to ensure that the student is receiving the appropriate academic supports, including: (1) periods of cognitive rest over the course of the school day, (2) modified academic assignments, (3) gradual reintroduction to cognitive demands, and (4) other appropriate academic accommodations or adjustments.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 113 West Michigan Avenue in Jackson, Michigan, as the "Officer James Bonneau Memorial Post Office".

Bill: 113-hr-3534
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Michigan
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 113 West Michigan Avenue in Jackson, Michigan, as the "Officer James Bonneau Memorial Post Office."
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: 

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

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 113 West Michigan Avenue in Jackson, Michigan, as the "Officer James Bonneau Memorial Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Became Public Law No: 113-216.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Became Public Law No: 113-216.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-12-09
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6395-6396)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6395-6396)
action_date: 2014-07-15
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6155)
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6155)
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3534.
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration:  CR H6155-6156)
action_date: 2014-07-14
text: Mr. Gosar moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 113-216
Revitalize Our Cities Act

Bill: 113-hr-3535
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic performance and conditions
Employee hiring
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Securities
Unemployment
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
Revitalize Our Cities Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2016 the period for designating an empowerment zone (an area in which tax incentives are allowed to increase investment and employment). 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to designate, prior to January 1, 2015, 20 additional empowerment zones in urban areas in which the average unemployment rate and the average rate of residential and commercial foreclosures are each higher than that of the state within which the area is located for the period beginning January 1, 2009, and ending with the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
S.O.S. Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3536
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Mental health
Performance measurement
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
Support Our Students Act of 2013 or the S.O.S. Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to states and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to support or develop programs that will train teachers, school personnel, and specialized instructional support personnel regarding mental health conditions in children.
 
Includes as grant and subgrant recipients, states and LEAs that partner with a mental health organization, family advocacy organization, or community nonprofit organization.
 
Requires subgrantees to utilize school counselors, school psychologists, school social workers, or community organizations with experience in mental illness and suicide prevention in developing and conducting the training.
 
Requires the training program to include an annual in-service training component that enables teachers, school personnel, and specialized instructional support personnel to: (1) better understand mental health conditions and the early warning signs in children and adolescents; (2) effectively communicate their mental health concerns with families and consider family perspectives; (3) identify classroom strategies for working effectively with troubled children; and (4) understand school specific information, including links to mental health services and supports in the school and community.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop outcome measures that the Secretary is to use to conduct an in-depth evaluation of the effectiveness of the training programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Investment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3537
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Donna F. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2013-11-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Manufacturing
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: 
21st Century Investment Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credit for increasing research activities; (2) allow an increased 25% tax credit rate for research expenses incurred in the United States; and (3) increase to 15%, through 2022, the tax deduction for income attributable to domestic manufacturing production activities for which substantially all of the research and development occurred in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-19
text: Introduced in House