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REFI Pacific Act

Bill: 113-hr-2646
Sponsor: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2013-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Pacific Ocean
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: 
Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries in the Pacific Act or the REFI Pacific Act - Directs the Secretary of Commerce (upon receipt of such assurances as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States) to issue a loan to refinance the existing debt obligation funding the fishing capacity reduction program for the West Coast groundfish fishery implemented under the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003.
 
Requires such loan to have a maturity that expires 45 years after the date of issuance, subject to extension if there is an outstanding balance after such period. 
 
Prohibits the fee with respect to such loan from exceeding 3% of the ex-vessel value of the harvest from each fishery for which the loan is issued.
 
Sets forth requirements for direct loan interest rates, subloans, and the calculation of the ex-vessel landing fee to be collected for payment of such loan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-03
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2647
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2013-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Disaster relief and insurance
News media and reporting

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: 
Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include public broadcasting facilities within the definition of a &quot;private nonprofit facility&quot; that provides essential services of a governmental nature to the general public, and to include broadcast and telecommunications within the definition of &quot;critical services&quot; provided by such a facility, for purposes of eligibility for certain disaster assistance.
 
Makes this Act applicable to a major disaster declared by the President under such Act on or after October 28, 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm to, and the possession, shipment, transportation, or receipt of a firearm by, certain classes of high-risk individuals.

Bill: 113-hr-2648
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2013-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: 
Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person: (1) has been convicted of a crime of violence in the previous 10 years; (2) is under age 25 and has been adjudicated as having committed an offense that would have been a crime of violence if committed by an adult; (3) has been convicted on 2 separate occasions in any period of 3 consecutive years in the last 10 of an offense that has the possession or distribution of alcohol or a controlled substance as an element; or (4) has been convicted of stalking. 
 
Prohibits any such person from: (1) shipping or transporting in interstate or foreign commerce, or possessing in or affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition; or (2) receiving any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5053)
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Introduced in House
FCC `ABCs' Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2649
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2013-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: 
FCC &quot;ABCs&quot; Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in the case of a proposed or final rule (including a proposed or final amendment to an existing rule) that may have an economically significant impact, to include in the notice a cost-benefit analysis demonstrating that the benefits outweigh the costs, recognizing that some benefits and costs are difficult to quantify.
 
Defines &quot;economically significant impact&quot; as an effect on the economy of at least $100 million annually or a material adverse effect on the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities.
 
Prohibits any appropriations for the express purpose of carrying out such analysis and notice requirements. 
 
Directs the FCC to presume, absent clear and convincing evidence to the contrary, that: (1) forbearance requirements are met when determining whether to forbear from applying any regulation or provision under such Act to a telecommunications carrier, service, or class; and (2) regulations considered in each biennial regulatory review are no longer necessary in the public interest as the result of meaningful economic competition between providers of telecommunications service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Introduced in House
Critical Care Assessment and Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2651
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2013-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: 
Critical Care Assessment and Improvement Act of 2013 - Requires studies on critical care health services in the United States by the Institute of Medicine and the Health Resources and Services Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 
 
Directs the HHS Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to establish the Critical Care Coordinating Council to coordinate the collection and analysis of information on current NIH research relating to the care of the critically ill and injured, identify gaps in such research, and make recommendations to the Director of NIH on how to improve such research.
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, to carry out a demonstration project to improve the quality and efficiency of care provided to critically ill and injured patients receiving care in acute care hospitals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-07-10
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: 2013-07-10
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: 2013-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Introduced in House
Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2652
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2013-07-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Credit and credit markets
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: 
Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2013 - Prohibits a federal banking regulator from: (1) terminating or limiting the deposit insurance of a depository institution solely because it either provides or has provided financial services to a marijuana-related legitimate business; or (2) prohibiting, penalizing, or otherwise discouraging a depository institution from providing financial services to a marijuana-related legitimate business.
 
Prohibits a federal banking regulator, in addition, from recommending, motivating, providing incentives, or encouraging a depository institution not to offer financial services to an individual, or to downgrade or cancel financial services offered to an individual, solely because the individual: (1) is or later becomes a manufacturer, producer, owner or operator of a marijuana-related legitimate business; or (2) the depository institution was not aware that the individual is the owner or operator of a marijuana-related legitimate business. 
 
 Prohibits a federal banking regulator from taking any action on a loan to an owner or operator of: (1) a marijuana-related legitimate business, or (2) real estate or equipment that is leased to a marijuana-related legitimate business.
 
Grants immunity from federal criminal prosecution or investigation to a depository institution providing financial services to a marijuana-related legitimate business. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from requiring a depository institution, and any director, officer, employee, or agent of a depository institution, to report a transaction as suspicious solely because a party to the transaction is a marijuana-related legitimate business. 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2013-07-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2013-07-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-10
text: Introduced in House
Ready-to-Compete Act

Bill: 113-hr-2653
Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2013-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: 
Ready-to-Compete Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to public telecommunications entities to coordinate the development, production, and distribution of innovative multiplatform educational programming and services for young children and youth and their parents, educators, and caregivers.
 
Requires grantees to award subcontracts or enter into agreements with public television stations and producers or distributors of educational programming for the operation of Ready-to-Learn programs.
 
Requires Ready-to-Learn programs to: (1) include programming that is aligned with state academic content and achievement standards; (2) include training and materials for educators and caregivers to facilitate their use of the programming and services; (3) address specific community and school needs, ascertained via ongoing community outreach programs; and (4) include programming in reading, social and emotional development, and at least one other topic in an academic or developmentally appropriate area.
 
Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary to award competitive grants to public television stations that partner with states, state workforce investment boards, or institutions of higher education to develop, disseminate, and provide on-line and on-air education and training services for adults.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2657
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2013-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Land transfers
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: 
Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer for disposal by competitive sale certain federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal in the report submitted to Congress on May 27, 1997, pursuant to the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996. 

action_date: 2014-04-10
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to offer for disposal by competitive sale certain federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal in the report submitted to Congress on May 27, 1997, pursuant to the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996. 
 
Requires the Secretary to offer such lands for at least fair market value as determined by an independent appraiser. 
 
Requires the net proceeds from the sale to be deposited directly into the Treasury for reduction of the public debt. 
 
Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) a list of any identified federal lands that have not been sold and the reasons why they were not sold; and (2) an update of a specified report, including a current inventory of the federal lands under the Secretary's administrative jurisdiction that are suitable for disposal. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 303.
action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-412.
action_date: 2014-04-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-412.
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 19.
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-01-28
text: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
action_date: 2013-10-03
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in House
ACE Act

Bill: 113-hr-2658
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2013-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: 
All Children are Equal Act or the ACE Act - Amends part A of title I (Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to alter the formula for determining the share of targeted grant funds and education finance incentive grant funds a local educational agency (LEA) receives.
 
Alters the formula so that LEAs that have a high percentage of impoverished students, but a comparatively low number of such students, receive a higher allocation of such funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4374-4375)
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Opportunities for Success Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2659
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2013-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: 
Opportunities for Success Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education for use in providing their students with financial support to engage in internships reasonably associated with their studies.
 
Requires support recipients to be full-time or half-time students who are eligible for Federal Pell Grants.
 
Sets the student support level for unpaid internships at: (1) the higher of the federal or state minimum wage for each hour of the internship, if the internship occurs while the student is enrolled in classes; and (2) the student's reasonable cost of living expenses, if the internship occurs while the student is not enrolled in classes.
 
Sets the support level for paid internships by reducing the amount the student would receive for an unpaid internship by the amount the paid internship provides to the student.
 
Caps the total support a student may receive for full-time and part-time internships.
 
Makes that support nontaxable and excludes it from the calculation of a student's need or eligibility for financial assistance under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Trauma Relief Access for Universal Medical Assistance Act

Bill: 113-hr-2660
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2013-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: 
Trauma Relief Access for Universal Medical Assistance Act - Appropriates to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $100 million, for FY2014-FY2018, for the program of grants to states to promote universal access to trauma care services provided by trauma centers and trauma-related physician specialties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Access to Timely Medical Appointments Act

Bill: 113-hr-2661
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23]
Introduced: 2013-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: 
Veterans Access to Timely Medical Appointments Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to implement a standardized policy to ensure that veterans enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system are able to schedule: (1) primary care medical appointments within 7 days of the date requested, and (2) specialty care medical appointments within 14 days of the date requested.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) ensure that such policy will provide reliable data regarding the length of time that veterans are waiting for such appointments, (2) issue detailed guidance to the directors of the Veterans Integrated Service Networks to ensure the consistent implementation of such policy, (3) ensure that only VA employees who have completed required training are allowed to schedule medical appointments, and (4) assess the resources of each Network every 180 days to determine the Network's ability to meet such scheduling requirements. 
 
Requires the Secretary to direct each VA medical center to provide oversight of telephone access and implement the best practices outlined in the VA telephone systems improvement guide, including practices to ensure that: (1) calls are answered in a timely manner and patient messages will have a return call within 24 hours, and (2) a call center at each such center is properly staffed to meet the needs of the veteran population served.
 
Directs the Inspector General of the VA to submit an annual report on the Secretary's progress in implementing this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-27
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Introduced in House