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Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1784
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Immigrant health and welfare
Language arts
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013 - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to conduct a study regarding the effectiveness of the Office of Refugee Resettlement's domestic refugee resettlement programs. 
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish as head of the Office an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Refugee and Asylee Resettlement. (Currently, the head of such Office is a Director.)
 
Revises the refugee grant and contract assistance allocation formula.
 
Directs the Assistant Secretary to: (1) report to Congress regarding states experiencing departures and arrivals due to secondary migration; and (2) expand the Office's data analysis, collection, and sharing activities to include data on mental and physical medical cases, housing needs, and refugee employment.
 
Directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide refugee resettlement guidance to appropriate national, state, and local entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1787
Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Rural Hospital Access Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend through FY2014: (1) the Medicare-dependent hospital program, and (2) increased payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Cormorant Management and Natural Resources Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-1788
Sponsor: Rep. Bachmann, Michele [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Aquaculture
Birds
Intergovernmental relations
International law and treaties
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Cormorant Management and Natural Resources Protection Act - Amends the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to delegate the authority of the Secretary of the Interior under such Act with respect to double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) to a state on the date the Secretary approves a cormorant management plan submitted by such state.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) approve or disapprove a management plan within 60 days of the plan's submission, (2) approve such plan if it is in accordance with U.S. obligations under treaties and federal law, (3) provide to the relevant governor the reasons for disapproving a plan and an opportunity to revise and resubmit the plan, (4) review each approved state management plan every five years, and (5) revoke such approval and delegation if the plan or the governor's exercise of delegated authority is not in accordance with such Act or any treaty implemented by such Act. Deems a management plan approved if the Secretary doesn't approve or disapprove it within 60 days after submission.
 
Applies an approved management plan in lieu of regulations issued under such Act. 
 
Requires the Secretary to conduct educational and informational activities for the owners and operators of aquaculture facilities to improve their efforts to prevent cormorants from consuming aquatic species being reared in such facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Creating Crop Insurance Certainty for Farmers Act

Bill: 113-hr-1789
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
 Creating Crop Insurance Certainty for Farmers Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide specified advanced public notice and a period for public comment before any modification to the terms or conditions of a crop insurance policy or plan may be made.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to waive such provision in an emergency situation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Health IT Modernization for Underserved Communities Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1790
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Computers and information technology
Health information and medical records
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Health IT Modernization for Underserved Communities Act of 2013 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to extend to physician assistants eligibility for Medicaid electronic health record incentive payments, regardless of whether or not such physician assistants practice at a rural health center that is led by a physician assistant or in a federally qualified health center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E574)
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Infectious Disease Reporting Act

Bill: 113-hr-1792
Sponsor: Rep. Coffman, Mike [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government liability
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Infectious Disease Reporting Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report each case of reportable infectious disease (a disease that a state requires to be reported) that occurs at a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to the appropriate state entity, as well as to the accrediting organization of such facility.
 
Requires the Secretary, upon a failure to report, to pay to a state the same penalty that a non-federal facility of such state would pay for a failure to report. Allows a state to file a civil action against the VA for the recovery of such amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Halal and Kosher Food Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1794
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Public contracts and procurement
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Kosher and Halal Food Act of 2013 - Amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to: (1) provide for the increased purchase of Kosher and Halal food if such food is cost neutral as compared to food that is not from food manufacturers with a Kosher or Halal certification, and (2) modify the labeling of the commodities list under the emergency food assistance program to enable Kosher and Halal food bank operators to identify which commodities to obtain from local food banks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1795
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Social Security Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the government pension offset requirement applicable to and reducing husband's and wife's insurance benefits, widow's and widower's insurance benefits, and divorced mother's and divorced father's insurance benefits with respect to federal, state, or local government employees who receive a government pension and did not pay Social Security taxes during their years of government service, and so did not earn entitlement to Social Security benefits for those years.
 
Repeals also the windfall elimination requirement with respect to computation of an individual's primary insurance amount under which OASDI retirement or disability benefits are reduced if the individual receives a federal, state, or local government pension, did not pay Social Security taxes during the years of government service, and so did not earn entitlement to Social Security benefits for those years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Dental Insurance Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1798
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Dental care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Dental Insurance Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to prescribe certain health care coverage value requirements for dental benefits under self-insured group health plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Arizona Sonoran Desert Heritage Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1799
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Livestock
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Arizona Sonoran Desert Heritage Act of 2013 - Establishes the Belmont-Harquahala National Conservation Area and the Gila Bend National Conservation Area in Arizona. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to manage the Conservation Areas as: (1) components the National Landscape Conservation System, and (2) in a manner that conserves and enhances their resources and values. 
 
Designates specified wilderness and wilderness additions in Maricopa County, Arizona, as wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
Establishes the Sentinel Plain Special Management Area and the Rainbow Valley Special Management Area in Arizona. 
 
Requires the Secretary to develop separate comprehensive management plans for the long-term protection and management of such Areas. 
 
Requires the Secretary to provide for the protection of the Agua Caliente Road.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Credit Availability Act

Bill: 113-hr-1800
Sponsor: Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business investment and capital
Business records
Financial services and investments
Licensing and registrations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Small Business Credit Availability Act - Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to allow a business development company (BDC) to own or acquire securities or other interests in the business of a registered investment adviser or adviser to an investment company.
 
Reduces from 200% to 150% the asset coverage requirements applicable to BDCs. Allows a BDC to issue stock.
 
Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise various rules under the Securities Act of 1933 and to revise forms as necessary to allow a BDC to use security offering rules available to other issuers that are required to file security issuance reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-14
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 31 - 26.
action_date: 2013-11-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Referral.
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
Sandra Day O'Connor Civic Learning Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1802
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Teaching, teachers, curricula
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Sandra Day O'Connor Civic Learning Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the Commissioner for Education Statistics, in administering the National Assessment of Educational Progress, should increase the number of students tested to improve disaggregation and analysis of data regarding progress in history and civics.
 
Amends part C (Innovation for Teacher Quality) of title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to repeal We the People, a Civic Education program, and replace it with a program awarding competitive grants to nonprofit educational organizations to develop and implement programs that promote civic learning and engagement through instruction, professional development, and evaluations.
 
Requires such programs to promote: (1) equity through access to funding and program benefits; (2) innovation through design, settings, and delivery; (3) scalability through broad, cost-effective implementation and institutionalization; and (4) accountability through program assessments and the identification of best practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Lumbee Recognition Act

Bill: 113-hr-1803
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Lumbee Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, which makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to Indians because of their status as members of a federally recognized tribe. 
 
Deems members of the Tribe residing in Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke, and Scotland Counties in North Carolina to be within the delivery area for such services.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for the Tribe.
 
Prohibits the Tribe from conducting gaming activities.
 
Requires North Carolina to exercise jurisdiction over all criminal offenses committed, and all civil actions that arise, on North Carolina lands owned by, or held in trust for, the Lumbee Tribe or any dependent Indian community of the Tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Claims Efficiency Through Automation Act

Bill: 113-hr-1805
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Census and government statistics
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health information and medical records
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Veterans Claims Efficiency Through Automation Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to include in a required annual VA activities and costs report to Congress a report on the automatic processing of claims for compensation during the preceding year, including each medical condition for which claims were processed and the number of claims for each condition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Distillery Excise Tax Reform Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1806
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Manufacturing
Sales and excise taxes
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Distillery Excise Tax Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a reduction (from $13.50 to $2.70 on each proof gallon produced in the United States) in the excise tax on distilled spirits for domestic distillers who produce not more than 60,000 proof gallons of distilled spirits during the calendar year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
TREES Act

Bill: 113-hr-1807
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Energy efficiency and conservation
Forests, forestry, trees
Public utilities and utility rates
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
 The Residential Energy and Economic Savings Act or the TREES Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to: (1) establish a grant program to provide financial, technical, and related assistance to retail power providers to support the establishment of new, or continued operation of existing, targeted residential tree-planting programs; and (2) create a national public recognition initiative to encourage such providers to participate in such programs.
 
Sets forth requirements that must be met for tree-planting programs to qualify for assistance, including a requirement to provide free or discounted shade-providing or wind-reducing trees to residential consumers interested in lowering their home energy costs. Authorizes the Secretary to award grants only to providers that have entered into binding legal agreements with nonprofit tree-planting organizations.
 
Requires a provider, in order to qualify for assistance, to consult with such organization and state foresters to establish a local technical advisory committee, which shall provide advice and consultation to the program. Authorizes the advisory committee to: (1) design and adopt an approved plant list that emphasizes the use of hardy, noninvasive tree species, native or low water-use shade trees, or both; (2) design and adopt planting, installation, and maintenance specifications and create a process for inspection and quality control; (3) ensure that tree recipients are educated to care for and maintain their trees over the long term; (4) help the public become more engaged and educated in the planting and care of shade trees; (5) prioritize which sites receive trees, giving preference to locations with the most potential for energy conservation and secondary preference to areas where the average annual income is below the regional median; and (6) assist with monitoring and collection of data on tree health, tree survival, and energy conservation benefits generated under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House