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Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act

Bill: 113-hr-2508
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Federal-Indian relations
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement Act - Authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Pechanga Settlement Agreement, entered into by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, the Rancho California Water District (RCWD), the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD), and the United States. 
 
Ratifies, confirms, and declares valid the Tribal Water Right which shall be held in trust by the United States on behalf of the Band and its allottees. 
 
States that the Band shall: (1) have the authority to use, allocate, and lease the Tribal Water Right; and (2) enact a Pechanga Water Code.
 
Authorizes the waiver of claims by the Band and the United States regarding: (1) Santa Margarita River Watershed water rights, (2) subsidence damage to lands within the Reservation, and (3) the negotiation or execution of the Pechanga Settlement Agreement or this Act. 
 
Requires the Band and the United States to waive such claims against the RCWD and EMWD.
 
Establishes in the Treasury the Pechanga Settlement Fund.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to use amounts from designated accounts of that Fund to fulfill the Band's obligations under the Recycled Water Infrastructure Agreement and the ESAA Capacity Agreement, both entered into by the Band, RCWD, and United States. (The ESSA Capacity Agreement deals with the delivery of potable water that the Band receives from the EMWD and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California pursuant to an Extension of Service Area Agreement with those entities.)
 
Repeals this Act and voids any related agreements on the later of May 1, 2030, or the day after an alternative date agreed to by the Band and the Secretary, if the Secretary does not publish a statement of findings required under this Act by April 30, 2030. Returns any appropriations and unobligated amounts to the general fund of the Treasury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Civil Justice Tax Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2509
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Income tax exclusion
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Civil Justice Tax Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) an exclusion from gross income for amounts received on account of a judgment or settlement resulting from a claim of unlawful discrimination, (2) income averaging for backpay and frontpay amounts received from such claims, and (3) an exemption from the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for any tax benefit resulting from the income averaging of amounts received from an unlawful discrimination claim.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Helping Veterans Exposed to Toxic Chemicals Act

Bill: 113-hr-2510
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Defense
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Fires
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Iraq
Medical education
Medical research
Middle East
Military medicine
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Research administration and funding
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Helping Veterans Exposed to Toxic Chemicals Act - Directs the Secretary of Defense to establish within the Department of Defense (DOD) three centers of excellence in the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relating to exposure to open burn pits and other environmental exposures.
 
Requires the Secretary to select for such centers entities that: (1) are equipped with the specialized equipment needed to study, diagnose, and treat health conditions relating to such exposure; (2) have a publication track record of post-deployment health exposures among veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan; (3) have collaborated with a geosciences department that has a medical geology division; (4) have developed animal models and in vitro models of dust immunology and lung injury from Iraq and Afghanistan; and (5) have expertise in allergy and immunology, pulmonary diseases, and industrial and management engineering.
 
Directs the Secretary to ensure that the centers collaborate with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), institutions of higher education, and other appropriate public and private entities to carry out specified responsibilities, including to: (1) implement the comprehensive plan and strategy for DOD for the prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relating to such exposure; and (2) provide for dissemination within DOD of best practices for the treatment of such conditions and the training of health professionals.
 
Requires the center to have access to and make use of the data accumulated by the burn pits registry established under the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2012.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Federal Land Freedom Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2511
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Federal Land Freedom Act of 2013 - Authorizes a state to: (1) establish a program covering the leasing and permitting processes, regulatory requirements, and any other provisions by which the state would exercise its rights to develop all forms of energy resources on available federal land in the state; and (2) as a condition of certification, submit a declaration to the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture (USDA), and Energy (DOE) that such a program has been established or amended.
 
 Considers each program certified under this Act as satisfying all applicable requirements of federal law and regulations, including: (1) the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), (2) the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and (3) the National Historic Preservation Act.
 
Requires, upon submission of a declaration by a state, the program to be certified, and the state to receive all rights from the federal government to develop all forms of energy resources covered by the program.
 
Prohibits activities carried out in accordance with this Act from being subject to: (1) judicial review, and (2) the Administrative Procedure Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Regulation of Mortgage Servicing Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2512
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Regulation of Mortgage Servicing Act of 2013 - Requires a mortgage servicer to assign one case manager to each borrower that seeks a mortgage loan modification or an alternative to foreclosure.
 
Requires the case manager to: (1) manage the communication between the servicer and the borrower, and (2) make decisions about the borrower's eligibility for a loan modification or an alternative to foreclosure.
 
Prohibits a servicer from initiating a covered foreclosure action against a borrower unless the servicer has performed specified tasks related to offering the borrower, if eligible, a loan modification or an alternative to foreclosure.
 
Requires a servicer to suspend a covered foreclosure action initiated before the enactment of this Act until such tasks have been performed.
 
Prohibits a servicer, during the suspension period, from: (1) sending the borrower a notice of foreclosure, (2) conducting or scheduling a sale of the real property securing the mortgage, or (3) causing final judgment to be entered against the borrower. 
 
Prescribes requirements a servicer must meet in order to be deemed to have made a reasonable effort to obtain necessary information to determine a borrower's eligibility for a loan modification or an alternative to foreclosure. 
 
Requires a servicer, before notifying a borrower of his or her ineligibility for a loan modification or an alternative to foreclosure, to obtain the services of an independent reviewer to review the borrower's file and determine whether or not the borrower is eligible.
 
Makes a violation of this Act a bar to a covered foreclosure action. Allows a servicer in compliance with this Act, however, to bring or proceed with a foreclosure action, regardless of any prior violation. 
 
Makes any servicer that fails to comply with any requirement of this Act liable to a borrower in the same manner that a creditor who fails to comply with any requirement is liable to a person. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act

Bill: 113-hr-2513
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental regulatory procedures
Forests, forestry, trees
General public lands matters
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
State and local government operations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act - Grants any state sole authority to promulgate or enforce any regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding the treatment of a well by the application of fluids under pressure to which propping agents may be added for the expressly designed purpose of initiating or propagating fractures in a target geologic formation in order to enhance production of oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on or under land within the boundaries of that state. 
 
Subjects such a well treatment on federal land to state law as well. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
IMAGE Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2514
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Improving All Government Efficiency Act of 2013 or the IMAGE Act of 2013 - Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to coordinate with the heads of relevant federal departments or agencies to: (1) use available administrative authority to eliminate, consolidate, or streamline programs and agencies with duplicative and overlapping missions as identified in specified Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports released in 2011, 2012, and 2013; (2) identify and report to Congress any legislative changes required to further eliminate, consolidate, or streamline duplicative or overlapping programs and agencies; (3) determine the total cost savings from such activities; and (4) rescind from amounts made available to such departments and agencies the total estimated cost savings.
 
Requires the Director to report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations listing the accounts reduced by the rescission required by this Act and the amounts rescinded from each such account. 
 
Imposes a monetary penalty on any department or agency that does not meet the requirements of this Act before September 30, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
SKILLs Act

Bill: 113-hr-2515
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Language arts
Libraries and archives
Licensing and registrations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries Act or the SKILLs Act - Amends title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for FY2014-FY2019 for the Improving Literacy through School Libraries grant program.
 
Requires local educational agencies (LEAs) that receive school improvement funds to ensure, to the extent feasible, that each of their schools receiving such funds employs at least one state certified school library media specialist.
 
Directs states and LEAs that receive school improvement funds to ensure that by the beginning of the 2013-2014 school year there is at least one highly qualified school library media specialist in every school that receives such funds.
 
Requires Improving Literacy through School Libraries funds to be: (1) proportionally distributed to serve students in elementary, middle, and high schools; (2) used for media resources appropriate for all grades; and (3) used for professional development in information literacy instruction that is appropriate for all grades.
 
Expands the program of grants to states and subgrants to LEAs for the recruitment, retention, and professional development of teachers to require that highly qualified school library media specialists be included in the focus of such efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
PRIDE Act

Bill: 113-hr-2516
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Language arts
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Providing Resources to Improve Dual Language Education Act of 2013 or the PRIDE Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award up to five grants to partnerships of local educational agencies (LEAs), early childhood education programs, and technical assistance providers for the implementation of dual language demonstration programs designed to enhance and assess the biliteracy and bilingualism skills of low-income minority and limited English proficient children from preschool through grade five.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) arrange for an entity that has dual language program experience to provide technical assistance to LEA grantees and evaluate the programs funded by this Act, and (2) disseminate information on model practices implemented under such programs that are appropriate for use by early childhood education providers to improve the school readiness of limited English proficient children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2517
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Language arts
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Families Learning and Understanding English Together Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to make grants to providers of family literacy services to improve the literacy and English skills of limited English proficient individuals who are parents or children in families where each parent is at least 16 years old and where at least one child is under age 8. 
 
Directs the Secretary to reserve certain funds to: (1) make grants to, or enter contracts with, national organizations that have family literacy service expertise to provide grantees with technical assistance and training; and (2) evaluate and improve the family literacy grant program. 
 
Requires grantees to meet specified outcome measures. 


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: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Spending Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2518
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
Truth in Spending Act of 2013 - Requires the President's annual budget request to Congress to include the most recent reports of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding the difference between the actual costs and the estimated costs of direct spending legislation, including proposed legislative language, if any, in such reports.
 
Requires OMB to submit annually for inclusion in the President's budget request reports (with follow-up reports every five fiscal years) on the total estimated cost and total actual cost of direct spending legislation for the then budget year and four outyears.
 
Requires the President, within seven days after receiving an OMB report, to submit proposed legislative language, if any, set forth in the report to both chambers.
 
Prescribes the procedure for fast track consideration of the legislation in both chambers.
 
Prohibits the budgetary effects of such legislation from being entered on either PAYGO scorecard under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
501(c)(4) Reform Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2520
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political advertising
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: 
501(c)(4) Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax exemption for civic leagues or organizations operated for the promotion of social welfare, to prohibit such entities from participating or intervening (including the publishing or distributing of statements) in any political campaign on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Introduced in House