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Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-775
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-04-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax deductions
Lighting, heating, cooling

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-22
text: 
Mechanical Insulation Installation Incentive Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an additional tax deduction for the cost of installing mechanical insulation property. Limits the amount of such deduction to the lesser of 30% or the reduction in energy loss from the installed mechanical insulation property compared to property that meets the minimum requirements of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) standard 90.1-2007. Allows the cost of replacing mechanical insulation property to be treated as a deductible business expense in the current taxable year.
 
Defines "mechanical insulation property" as insulation materials, facings, and accessory products: (1) placed in service in connection with a mechanical system which is located in the United States and of a character subject to an allowance for depreciation; and (2) utilized for thermal, acoustical, and personnel safety requirements for mechanical piping and equipment, hot and cold applications, and heating, venting and air conditioning applications which can be used in a variety of facilities.
 
Allows a tax deduction for capital expenditures related to mechanical insulation property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-04-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to restore the previous policy regarding restrictions on use of Department of Defense medical facilities.

Bill: 113-s-777
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Abortion
Defense spending
Health facilities and institutions
Military facilities and property
Military medicine
Sex offenses
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: 
 Repeals a statutory restriction on using a medical treatment facility or other facility of the Department of Defense (DOD) to perform an abortion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to issue cards to veterans that identify them as veterans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-778
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2013-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: 
Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue to a veteran a card, to be known as a Veterans ID Card, that identifies the veteran as a veteran and includes the veteran's name and photo. Allows the Secretary to issue such a card regardless of whether the veteran is: (1) enrolled in the VA system of annual patient enrollment; or (2) in receipt of VA educational assistance, compensation, or pension.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to work with national retail chains that offer veterans reduced prices on pharmaceutical and consumer products to ensure that such chains recognize the above cards when offering such prices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Employee Pension Transparency Act

Bill: 113-s-779
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2013-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Securities
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: 
Public Employee Pension Transparency Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny tax benefits relating to bonds issued by a state or political subdivision during any period in which such state or political subdivision is noncompliant with specified reporting requirements for state or local government employee pension benefit plans. 
 
Requires plan sponsors of a state or local government employee pension benefit plan to file with the Secretary of the Treasury a report for each plan year beginning on or after January 1, 2014, setting forth: (1) a schedule of the funding status of the plan, (2) a schedule of contributions by the plan sponsor for the plan year, (3) alternative projections for each of the next 60 plan years of the cash flows associated with the current plan liability, (4) a statement of the actuarial assumptions used for the plan year, (5) a statement of the number of plan participants who are retired or separated from service and are either receiving benefits or are entitled to future benefits and those who are active under the plan, (6) a statement of the plan's investment returns, (7) a statement of the degree to which unfunded liabilities are expected to be eliminated, (8) a statement of the amount of pension obligation bonds outstanding, and (9) a statement of the current cost of the plan for the plan year.
 
Directs the Secretary to develop model reporting statements and create and maintain a public website, with searchable capabilities, for purposes of posting plan information required by this Act.
 
Exempts the United States from liability for any future shortfall in any state or local government employee pension plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
PARTS Act

Bill: 113-s-780
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2013-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Intellectual property
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
Motor vehicles
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: 
 Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act of 2013 or the PARTS Act - Declares that it is not an act of infringement, with respect to a design patent that claims a component part of a motor vehicle as originally manufactured, to: (1) make, test, or offer to sell within, or import into, the United States any article of manufacture that is similar or the same in appearance to the component part claimed in such design patent if the purpose of such article is for the repair of a motor vehicle to restore its appearance as originally manufactured; or (2) use or sell within the United States any such same or similar articles for such restorations more than 30 months after the claimed component part is first offered for public sale as part of a motor vehicle in any country.
 
Defines &quot;component part&quot; as a component part of the exterior of a motor vehicle only (such as a hood, fender, tail light, side mirror, or quarter panel), excluding an inflatable restraint system or other component part located in the interior of a motor vehicle.
 
Specifies that an offer to sell includes any marketing of an article of manufacture to prospective purchasers or users and any pre-sale distribution.
 
Applies this Act to any patent issued, or application filed, before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Yosemite National Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-781
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2013-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: 
 Yosemite National Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the approximately 1,575 acres of identified land that is adjacent to Yosemite National Park in California for addition to the Park. 
 
Permits an acquisition of such land to be made by donation, purchase from a willing seller, or exchange and revises the boundary of the Park to reflect the acquisition. 
 
Requires the Secretary to administer any acquired land as part of the Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-93.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Gettysburg National Military Park Expansion Act

Bill: 113-s-782
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2013-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Military history
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pennsylvania
Property rights
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: 
Gettysburg National Military Park Expansion Act - Requires the inclusion of the Gettysburg Train Station in Gettysburg National Military Park, including land located in close proximity to the Train Station that is in the Borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and the property that is adjacent to Plum Run in Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire only by purchase from a willing seller publicly owned property that is within the area of the Train Station, if efforts to acquire such property without cost have been exhausted. Prohibits the acquisition by eminent domain of property that is within such area.

action_date: 2014-05-22
text: 
Gettysburg National Military Park Expansion Act - Requires the inclusion in Gettysburg National Military Park of the Gettysburg Train Station and the property that is adjacent to Plum Run in Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania. 
 
 Permits the Secretary of the Interior to acquire such properties only: (1) by donation, or (2) by purchase from a willing seller if efforts to acquire such property without cost have been exhausted. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 394.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Landrieu with an amendment. With written report No. 113-168.
action_date: 2014-05-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Landrieu with an amendment. With written report No. 113-168.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-93.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans Act

Bill: 113-s-784
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2013-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural education
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
Department of Agriculture
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government information and archives
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: 
Agricultural Opportunities for Military Veterans Act - Amends the Agricultural Risk Protection Act regarding the value-added agricultural product market development grants program to: (1) include farmers and ranchers who are veterans among priority recipients, and (2) authorize program appropriations through FY2017.
 
Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 regarding the outreach and assistance to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers program to: (1) include farmers and ranchers who are veterans, and (2) extend mandatory funding and authorization of appropriations through FY2017.
 
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 regarding the beginning farmer and rancher development program to: (1) provide set-asides for beginning farmers and ranchers who are veterans, and (2) extend mandatory funding and authorization of appropriations through FY2017.
 
Amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the position of Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison to: (1) provide returning veterans with information about beginning farmer training and agricultural vocational and rehabilitation programs; (2) provide veterans with information concerning the availability of, and eligibility requirements for, agricultural programs; and (3) advocate on behalf of veterans with USDA.
 
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 regarding the conservation reserve transition incentive program to: (1) include farmers and ranchers who are veterans, and (2) authorize appropriations through FY2017.
 
Makes farmers and ranchers who are veterans eligible for increased payments under the environmental quality incentives program.
 
 Gives priority to beginning or socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers who are veterans for assistance set-asides under the environmental quality incentives program and the conservation stewardship program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2901)
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-785
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2013-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: 
Federal Employee Accountability Act of 2013 - Repeals provisions authorizing official time for any federal employee representing an exclusive representative in the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement, or in connection with other matters covered under federal government labor-management relations provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring Honesty for our Economy Act

Bill: 113-s-786
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2013-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Economic performance and conditions
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: 
Restoring Honesty for our Economy Act - Prohibits a proposed economically significant regulation from being finalized unless such regulation: (1) identifies and quantifies all costs associated with it, or (2) describes why it is not possible for the agency to identify or quantify all such costs. Permits any person to file a petition for judicial review of such agency action. 
 
Defines &quot;economically significant regulation&quot; as one that: (1) has an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; or (2) adversely affects in a material way the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring Integrity to our Government Act

Bill: 113-s-787
Sponsor: Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS]
Introduced: 2013-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Economic performance and conditions
Government lending and loan guarantees
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: 
Restoring Integrity to our Government Act - Prohibits a proposed significant regulatory action from being finalized unless it includes the reasons why the agency proposing it determined that it is a significant regulatory action.
 
Defines &quot;significant regulatory action&quot; as any regulatory action likely to result in a regulation that may: (1) have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities; (2) create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another agency; (3) materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligation of recipients thereof; (4) add to the national debt; or (5) raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth in this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend the fiscal year 2013 sequester and establish limits on war-related spending.

Bill: 113-s-788
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2013-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Conflicts and wars
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military operations and strategy
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: 
Makes available for the federal government for FY2013 the amount that would have been made available for the fiscal year if the following actions had not occurred:
 
 
sequestration of discretionary spending limits and automatic sequestrations to enforce a specified budget goal under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act);
 
rescission of the applicable percentage of budget authority provided (or obligation limit imposed) for FY2013 for any discretionary account in divisions A through E of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013; and
 
 any presidential sequestration order.
 
 
Amends the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act with respect to mandatory sequestration, within 15 calendar days after Congress adjourns to end a session, in order to eliminate a budget-year breach, if any, within any category. Requires any amount of budget authority for overseas contingency operations and related activities for FY2014-FY2016 in excess of the levels specified in the Act to be counted in determining whether a breach of the budget has occurred in the security category.
 
Requires the adjustments to discretionary spending limits for appropriations for discretionary accounts enacted for FY2017-FY2021 that Congress designates for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism (OCO/GWOT) to be the total of such appropriations in discretionary accounts designated for OCO/GWOT. Specifies limits, however, for any OCO/GWOT adjustments in additional new budget authority for such fiscal years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 64.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2901)
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to grant the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the First Special Service Force, in recognition of its superior service during World War II.

Bill: 113-s-789
Sponsor: Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT]
Introduced: 2013-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Canada
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military facilities and property
Military history
Montana
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: 
Requires the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal to the First Special Service Force (a joint American-Canadian volunteer unit), collectively, in recognition of their World War II service.
 
Requires the awarded medal to be given to the First Special Service Force Association in Helena, Montana, for display or temporary loan for display elsewhere, including at Fort William Henry Harrison in Helena.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to strike and sell bronze duplicates with proceeds deposited in the U.S. Mint Public Enterprise Fund.
 
Declares that medals struck under this Act are national medals for purposes of specified coins and currency provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Temporary Duty Suspension Process Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-790
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2013-04-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Tariffs
U.S. International Trade Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: 
Temporary Duty Suspension Process Act of 2013 - Directs the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to establish a process in which it will: (1) review each article in which a temporary duty suspension or reduction has been recommended at its own initiative or pursuant to a petition, and (2) submit a draft bill to the appropriate congressional committees containing each duty suspension or reduction that meets certain requirements.
 
Requires the USITC to report to Congress on: (1) recommendations with respect to sectors of the U.S. economy that could benefit from duty suspensions or reductions without causing harm to other domestic interests, and (2) the feasibility of suspending or reducing duties on a sectoral basis rather than on individual articles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Introduced in Senate