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Assessing Progress in Haiti Act

Bill: 113-hr-1749
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Disaster relief and insurance
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Foreign aid and international relief
Government studies and investigations
Haiti
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Latin America
Natural disasters
Performance measurement
Reconstruction and stabilization
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
Assessing Progress in Haiti Act - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress on the status of post-earthquake recovery and development efforts in Haiti, including efforts to prevent the spread of cholera and treat persons infected with the disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act

Bill: 113-hr-1751
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Home and outpatient care
Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to provide for employee leave to care for a domestic partner or his or her child, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law (as well as for a spouse, child, or parent), if such person has a serious health condition.
 
Amends federal civil service law to apply the same leave allowance to federal employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E551)
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Transparency Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1752
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Government information and archives
Poverty and welfare assistance
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
SNAP Transparency Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to: (1) establish a uniform reporting system to enable retail stores participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) to collect and provide the Secretary with detailed information on SNAP-purchased food items, and (2) publish such information on the Internet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Sandy Disaster Fisheries Relief Act

Bill: 113-hr-1753
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Connecticut
Department of Commerce
Disaster relief and insurance
Executive agency funding and structure
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Natural disasters
New Jersey
New York State
Rhode Island

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
Sandy Disaster Fisheries Relief Act - Makes supplemental appropriations of $193 billion, to remain available until September 30, 2014, to the Department of Commerce for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for operations, research, and facilities for necessary expenses related to fishery disasters during 2012 declared by the Secretary of Commerce as a direct result of impacts from Hurricane Sandy, provided that Congress designates such amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to discretionary spending limit adjustment procedures under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Preserving American Homeownership Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1754
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
Preserving American Homeownership Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the Federal Housing Commissioner each to establish a pilot program to encourage, through assistance provided under the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) under the Secretary of the Treasury's Making Home Affordable initiative, the use of shared appreciation mortgage modifications that: (1) are designed to return greater cash flow to investors than other loss-mitigation activities, including foreclosure; and (2) result in positive net present value for the investor.
 
Requires a shared appreciation mortgage modification to: (1) reduce by specified action the loan-to-value ratio of a covered mortgage to 115% immediately upon modification and to 95% within 3 years; (2) reduce the interest rate if such a principal reduction would not result in an affordable reduced monthly payment; (3) reduce to a specified amount any periodic payment the homeowner is required to make; (4) require the homeowner to pay the investor, after refinancing or selling the real property securing a covered mortgage, up to 50% of the amount of any increase in the value of the real property during a specified period; and (5) result in a positive net present value for the investor after taking into account the principal reduction and, if necessary, any interest rate reduction.
 
Requires the Director to: (1) provide that an enterprise may negotiate regarding a shared appreciation mortgage modification of a covered mortgage with any mortgage insurance provider for a mortgage on the subject property, and (2) allow advanced claim agreements with respect to such mortgage insurance policies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Deployed Troops Support Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1756
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
Deployed Troops Support Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to transport to any country, on a space-available basis and without charge, supplies that have been furnished by a nonprofit organization and intended for distribution to members of the Armed Forces.
 
Prohibits such transportation unless the Secretary determines that: (1) such transportation is consistent with U.S. policies, (2) the supplies are suitable for transportation and in usable condition, (3) there is a legitimate need for the supplies, and (4) adequate arrangements have been made for their distribution.
 
Makes the nonprofit organization responsible for ensuring the suitability for transport of such supplies. Allows the supplies to be distributed by the U.S. government or a nonprofit organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Vaccine Safety Study Act

Bill: 113-hr-1757
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Medical research
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
Vaccine Safety Study Act - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to conduct a comprehensive study to: (1) compare total health outcomes, including the incidence and risk of autism, between vaccinated and unvaccinated U.S. populations; and (2) determine whether exposure to vaccines or vaccine components is associated with autism spectrum disorders, chronic conditions, or other neurological conditions.
 
Requires the Secretary to seek to include in the study U.S. populations that have traditionally remained unvaccinated for religious or other reasons.
 
Directs the Secretary to ensure the preservation of all data, including all data sets, collected or used for purposes of the study to facilitate further research by the Secretary or others. 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the conduct or support of any study in which an individual or population is encouraged or incentivized to remain unvaccinated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E576)
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
CDBG Public Services Flexibility Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1758
Sponsor: Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
CDBG Public Services Flexibility Act of 2013 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to revise requirements for activities eligible for community development block grant (CDBG) assistance.
 
Increases from 15% to 25% the limitation on the amount of CDBG assistance that may be used to provide public services (e.g., those concerned with employment, crime prevention, child care, health, drug abuse, education, energy conservation, welfare or recreation needs).
 
(Currently, only the city and county of Los Angeles, California, and the city of Miami, Florida, are favored with the 25% limit on the amount of CDBG assistance that may be used to provide public services.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress quarterly reports on the timeliness in which the Department of Veterans Affairs receives certain information from other departments or agencies of the United States.

Bill: 113-hr-1759
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit to Congress quarterly reports on the number of, and average response time to, requests made by the Secretary to the head of another federal department or agency for information required in adjudicating a claim for veterans' disability compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
INVEST in America Act

Bill: 113-hr-1760
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Foreign labor
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Science and engineering education
Small business
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
Immigration and Naturalization Investment Ventures for Engineering, Science, and Technology in America Act of 2013 or INVEST in America Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide conditional permanent resident status for an alien entrepreneur (and spouse and children) who: (1) is in the process of completing, or has completed, a graduate level degree in science, technology, engineering, math or a related academic discipline from an accredited U.S. institute of higher education; (2) establishes a new commercial enterprise related to such study that meets specified employment and wage requirements; and (3) is admissible as an immigrant.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to terminate such alien's status for fraud or failure to meet status requirements during the 60-month period after obtaining such status.
 
Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of Education to submit a recruitment, retainment, and investment strategic plan to Congress to attract skilled and talented foreign nationals to immigrate to the United States to create jobs and grow the economy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
HELLPP Act

Bill: 113-hr-1761
Sponsor: Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicaid
Medicare
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access to Podiatric Physicians Act or HELLPP Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to include podiatrists as physicians in order to cover their services under the Medicaid program. 
 
Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to revise requirements for coverage of therapeutic shoes for individuals with diabetes regarding the processes of: (1) documentation by a physician of, and certification of a comprehensive plan of care related to, the diabetic condition; (2) prescription by a podiatrist or other qualified physician upon a finding of the medical necessity for the therapeutic shoes, including findings communicated to a certifying doctor of medicine or osteopathy of certain related foot conditions; and (3) fitting and supplying the shoes.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to subject to the continuing levy upon property and property rights, for collection of unpaid taxes, any payments made to a Medicaid provider or supplier.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act

Bill: 113-hr-1763
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2013-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: 
Recognizing Achievement in Classified School Employees Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to award National Classified School Employees of the Year Awards to public school employees within certain occupational specialties who provide exemplary service to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education.
 
Requires the Secretary to choose an awardee each year, out of nominations received from each state, from each of the following occupational specialties: (1) paraprofessionals, (2) clerical and administrative services, (3) transportation services, (4) food and nutrition services, (5) custodial and maintenance services, (6) security services, (7) health and student services, (8) technical services, and (9) skilled trades.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1764
Sponsor: Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Ammunition Management for More Obtainability Act of 2013 - Prohibits a federal agency, other than the Department of Defense (DOD), during the six-month period beginning on the enactment of this Act, from purchasing during any month or possessing at any one time more rounds of ammunition than the monthly average of rounds of ammunition purchased by the agency between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2009. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress on federal agency purchasing of ammunition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Safe and Reliable Air Travel Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1766
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Safe and Reliable Air Travel Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt from reduction, under any sequestration ordered by the President, funds made available for the operation of: (1) air traffic control towers by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), including compensation paid to FAA air traffic control personnel; and (2) contract air traffic control towers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1767
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Health care costs and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
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: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House