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Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act

Bill: 113-hr-217
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Congressional oversight
Family planning and birth control
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: 
Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Service (HHS) from providing any federal family planning assistance to an entity unless the entity certifies that, during the period of such assistance, the entity will not perform, and will not provide any funds to any other entity that performs, an abortion. Excludes an abortion where: (1) the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or an act of incest; or (2) a physician certifies that the woman suffered from a physical disorder, injury, or illness that would place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy. Excludes hospitals from such requirement so long as the hospital does not provide funds to any non-hospital entity that performs an abortion.
 
Requires the Secretary to annually provide Congress: (1) information on grantees who performed abortions under the exceptions, and (2) a list of entities to which grant funds are made available. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Enrique Soriano and Areli Soriano.

Bill: 113-hr-218
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2013-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Provides for the relief of Enrique Soriano and Areli Soriano.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Stop the Coin Act

Bill: 113-hr-220
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Currency
Monetary policy

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Stop the Coin Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from minting or issuing any coins, including proof platinum coins, having a nominal, or face, value exceeding $200. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
SMART SALE Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-221
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Asia
China
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Energy research
Foreign and international corporations
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
North Korea
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Stop Mergers, Acquisitions, and Risky Takeovers Supplied by American Labor and Entrepreneurship Act of 2013 or the SMART SALE Act of 2013 - Requires any person, company, institution, or other entity engaged in interstate commerce that owns, licenses, or otherwise holds an interest in a federally-funded technology, or to which federal energy research and development funding has been obligated by a federal agency (covered entity), to notify the Secretary of Energy (DOE) not later than seven days after entering into negotiations for any proposed or pending merger, acquisition, takeover, or other transfer that could result in control of such covered entity by: (1) the government of the Peoples's Republic of China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or a country that is a state sponsor of terrorism or that provides sanctuary to a foreign terrorist organization; (2) a citizen of such a country who owes permanent allegiance to such country; or (3) a corporation or other legal entity which is 50% owned by a citizen of such a country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Frank Buckles World War I Memorial Act

Bill: 113-hr-222
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Conflicts and wars
District of Columbia
Military history
Missouri
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Frank Buckles World War I Memorial Act - Amends the World War I Centennial Commission Act to designate the Liberty Memorial at America's National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as the National World War I Museum and Memorial. 
 
Authorizes the World War I Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the Reserve (the great cross-axis of the National Mall) on the National Mall in the District of Columbia consisting of an appropriate sculptural or other commemorative elements to serve as the National World War I Memorial. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act

Bill: 113-hr-223
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional districts and representation
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Government information and archives
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
State and local courts
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act - Prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct such a subsequent redistricting in order to: (1) comply with the U.S. Constitution, or (2) enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
 
Requires such redistricting to be conducted through a plan developed by the independent redistricting commission established in the state, or if such plan is not enacted into law, the redistricting plan selected by the state's highest court or developed by a U.S. district court.
 
Prescribes requirements for: (1) establishment of a state independent redistricting commission (including provisions for holding each of its meetings in public and maintaining a public Internet site); (2) development of a redistricting plan (including soliciting and considering public comments) and its submission to the state legislature (with public notice of plans at least seven days prior to such submission); (3) selection of a plan, under specified conditions, by the state's highest court or the U.S. district court for the district in which the capital of the state is located; (4) special rules for redistricting conducted under a federal court order; and (5) Election Assistance Commission payments to states for carrying out redistricting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Stop Tenant Organizing Promotion Act

Bill: 113-hr-224
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Executive agency funding and structure
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Stop Tenant Organizing Promotion Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from carrying out, supporting, or otherwise providing any assistance to the Tenant Resource Network Program authorized under the Department of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998.
 
Amends the Act to repeal the Secretary's authority to provide funding for the Program.
 
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of any funds currently allocated under the Program. Requires the funds to be covered into the General Fund of the Treasury and used only for reducing the federal budget deficit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act

Bill: 113-hr-226
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Support Assault Firearms Elimination and Reduction for our Streets Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer to elect a tax credit of $2,000 for surrendering a specified assault weapon, as defined by this Act, as part of a public safety program to reduce the number of privately owned weapons. Terminates such credit two years after the enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Buyback Our Safety Act

Bill: 113-hr-227
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Buyback Our Safety Act - Directs the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a gun buyback program under which the Assistant Attorney General may make grants to assist in funding gun buyback programs carried out by state, local, and Indian tribal law enforcement agencies.
 
Conditions such a grant on the law enforcement agency providing assurances that: (1) it will adequately advertise the program to the public, (2) such program will be administered by law enforcement personnel, (3) all guns received will remain in the possession of law enforcement personnel, (4) adequate safeguards will be established and followed to prevent fraud, (5) the agency will have in place a process to test on site a gun purchased before payment is provided, and (6) an adequate process will be in place to destroy all guns received. Requires the agency to certify that it will match all federal funds provided with an equal amount of cash or in-kind goods or services from other non-federal sources.
 
Directs the Assistant Attorney General to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to: (1) develop standards for identifying, and to identify, guns that are the most likely to be used in violent crimes; and (2) establish a pricing scale for purchasing such guns through gun buyback programs. Authorizes the Assistant Attorney General to waive all or part of the matching funds requirement for a program that provides for obtaining only such guns.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Fraud Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-228
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
SNAP Fraud Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to prohibit the payment of a deposit fee in excess of any state fee reimbursement to recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) for the return of empty bottles and cans used to contain food purchased with SNAP benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Original Living American Wage (LAW) Act

Bill: 113-hr-229
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Labor standards
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Original Living American Wage (LAW) Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the federal minimum wage should, as a minimum, be adjusted every four years so that a person working for it may earn an annual income at least 15% higher than the federal poverty threshold for a family of two; (2) it should be set at a level high enough to allow two full-time minimum wage workers to earn an income above the national housing wage; and (3) Congress, any of the several states, the District of Columbia, any U.S. territories or possessions, any Indian tribe, or local or state government may establish a higher minimum wage requirement than that established in this Act.
 
Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the federal minimum wage to at least the amount determined by the Secretary of Labor according to the formula prescribed by this Act beginning September 1, 2013.
 
Requires the Secretary to determine such minimum wage rate by June 1, 2013, and once every four years thereafter. Prohibits any adjustment if the determination would result in a minimum wage lower than the current one.
 
Requires the minimum wage so determined to be the minimum hourly wage sufficient for a person working for it 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, to earn an annual income 15% higher than the federal poverty threshold for a two-person household, with one child under age 18, and living in the 48 contiguous states, as published for each such year by the Census Bureau.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Johnson Space Center Workforce of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-230
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Economic development
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space flight and exploration
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Johnson Space Center Workforce Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Labor to create a two-year job training program (including a one-stop career center) to assist the transition to new jobs of workers and employees of contractors in the Johnson Space Center region whose job stability is impacted by programmatic changes to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) space exploration program.
 
Directs the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Economic Development Administration (EDA) of the Department of Commerce, to enter into cooperative agreements with eligible recipients in the Johnson Space Center region for activities to help stabilize the workforce and to promote economic growth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, 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: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, 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: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, 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: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-231
Sponsor: Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen W. [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Government lending and loan guarantees
Hawaii
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2013 - Amends the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 and the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to extend through FY2017 the authorization of appropriations for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians and loan guarantees for Native Hawaiian housing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit direct payment to pharmacies for certain compounded drugs that are prepared by the pharmacies for a specific beneficiary for use through an implanted infusion pump.

Bill: 113-hr-232
Sponsor: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize direct payment under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) to a pharmacy for certain covered compound drugs prepared by the pharmacy for a specific beneficiary for the effective use of an implanted infusion pump.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-01-14
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: 2013-01-14
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: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, to provide for an orderly process by which the debt ceiling is increased.

Bill: 113-hr-233
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2013-01-14 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: 
Authorizes an extension of the presidential authority to modify the public debt ceiling (subject to enactment of a congressional joint resolution of disapproval).
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to borrow an additional amount estimated to be sufficient to meet commitments for one year whenever the President certifies to Congress that the public debt subject to limit is within $100 billion of the $16.394 trillion limit and that further borrowing is required to meet existing commitments. 
 
Prohibits the debt limit from being raised if, within 50 calendar days after Congress receives that certification, a joint resolution is enacted disapproving the President's exercise of authority with respect to such additional amount.
 
Applies current requirements for expedited consideration of the joint resolution in both houses, with certain exceptions including:
 
 
the September 14, 2011, termination of the period making it in order in the Senate to consider such a joint resolution;
 
the authorized $400 billion increase in the public debt allowed even though Congress overrides the President's veto of the joint resolution; and 
 
the required sequestration ($400 billion reduction in spending) if the President signs the joint resolution, allows it to become law without his signature, or Congress overrides a veto of it.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-01-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-14
text: Introduced in House