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Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1752
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime victims
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government studies and investigations
Military command and structure
Military law
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: 
Military Justice Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) to direct the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Homeland Security (DHS) to require the Secretaries of the military departments to modify the process for determining whether to try by court-martial a member accused of: (1) certain UCMJ offenses for which the maximum punishment includes confinement for more than one year; or (2) a conspiracy, solicitation, or attempt to commit such offenses.
 
Requires courts-martial determinations for such offenses to be made by a commissioned officer available for detail as trial counsel who is outside the chain of command of the member subject to the charges. (Currently, courts-martial decisions are made by commanding officers of accused members.)
 
Excludes from the revised procedures that require counsel outside the chain of command to make such courts-martial determinations certain UCMJ offenses relating specifically to military service, including absence without leave, insubordination, and aiding the enemy.
 
Prohibits an outside counsel's determination not to proceed to trial by general or special court-martial from altering the authority of commanding officers to: (1) refer noncapital offenses to summary courts-martial with limits on the punishments that may be imposed; or (2) impose non-judicial admonitions, reprimands, or disciplinary punishment for minor offenses.
 
Requires military chiefs of staff to establish offices to convene general and special courts-martial. Prohibits officers in the chain of command of an accused or a victim from detailing members to serve on a resulting trial by court-martial.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Returned to the Calendar. Calendar No. 251. (consideration: CR S1349)
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Cloture on the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 45. Record Vote Number: 59. (consideration: CR S1349)
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S1336; text: CR S1336)
action_date: 2014-03-06
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1335-1349)
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 251.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to extend Government liability, subject to appropriation, for certain third-party claims arising from commercial space launches.

Bill: 113-s-1753
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2013-11-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Government liability
Licensing and registrations
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: 
Extends through December 31, 2016, the application deadline for licenses with respect to which the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) is required to pay third-party claims in excess of a commercial space launcher's required insurance coverage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1755
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a study on matters relating to the identification, claiming, and interring of unclaimed remains of veterans, including: (1) estimating the number of unclaimed remains; (2) assessing the effectiveness of the procedures of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for claiming and interring unclaimed remains of veterans; (3) assessing state and local laws that affect the ability of the Secretary to identify, claim, and inter such remains; and (4) recommending appropriate legislative or administrative action.

 
 
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Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1756
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Common Sense Nutrition Disclosure Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to revise the nutritional information that restaurants and retail food establishments must disclose. Requires the nutrient content disclosure statement on the menu or menu board to include: (1) the number of calories contained in the whole product; (2) the number of servings and number of calories per serving; or (3) the number of calories per the common unit division of the product, such as for a multi-serving item that is typically divided before presentation to the consumer. Permits such information to be provided by a remote-access menu, such as through the internet, for food establishments where the majority of orders are placed by customers who are off-premises at the time the order is placed.
 
Defines &ldquo;reasonable basis&rdquo; for a restaurant or similar food establishment&rsquo;s nutrient content disclosures to mean that the nutrient disclosure is within acceptable allowances for variation in nutrient content, which include variations in serving size or ingredients, and inadvertent human error in formulation of menu items.
 
Sets forth the methods a restaurant or similar food establishment may use to determine nutritional content for disclosure, including ranges, averages, individual labeling of flavors or components, or labeling of one preset standard build (i.e., the finished version of a menu item most commonly ordered by consumers).
 
Applies the nutritional disclosure requirements to retail food establishments that derive more than 50% of their total revenue from the sale of food.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Fluke Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1757
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Congressional oversight
Fishes
Government studies and investigations
Hunting and fishing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Fluke Fairness Act of 2013 - Directs the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council to submit for approval by the Secretary of Commerce a modified fishery management plan for the commercial and recreational management of summer flounder, or an amendment to such plan, that: (1) is based on the best scientific information available; (2) reflects changes in the distribution, abundance, and location of summer flounder in establishing distribution of the commercial and recreational catch quotas; (3) considers regional, coastwide, or other management measures that comply with national standards under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; and (4) prohibits the allocation of catch quotas on a state-by-state basis using historical landings data that does not reflect the status of the summer flounder stock, based on the most recent scientific information. 
 
Requires the Council, in preparing such modifications or amendments, to consult with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.
 
Directs the Secretary to prepare and approve a plan if the Council fails to submit such modifications or amendments.
 
Requires a Comptroller General (GAO) report that assesses whether the subsequent implementation of the approved plan complies with national standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Quality Data, Quality Healthcare Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1758
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Medicare
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Quality Data, Quality Healthcare Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to the use of certain data by qualified public or private entities to evaluate the performance of service providers and suppliers under Medicare insurance programs.
 
 Authorizes a qualified entity to: (1) use Medicare data, and information derived from service provider and supplier performance evaluations, for additional non-public analyses; or (2) provide or sell such data and analyses to specified health care-related entities for non-public use (including for purposes of assisting service providers and suppliers to develop and participate in quality and patient care improvement activities, particularly development of new models of care).
 
Conditions such authorization upon a data use agreement between a qualified entity and a specified health care-related entity under which the latter: (1) may not re-sell such data or analyses; and (2) shall comply with the qualified entity's privacy and security policies in using such data or analyses.
 
Prescribes a civil money penalty for unauthorized use of data and analyses.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide Medicare claims data to qualified clinical data registries for purposes of linking it with clinical outcomes data and performing and disseminating risk-adjusted, scientifically valid research to support quality improvement.
 
Prohibits a qualified clinical data registry from reporting publicly any claims data thus made available that individually identifies a service provider or supplier without prior consent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act

Bill: 113-s-1759
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Teaching Health Center Reauthorization Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to appropriate funds for FY2016-FY2020 for the program of payments to teaching health centers that operate graduate medical education programs. Allows funds that were unexpended at the end of a fiscal year to be used in subsequent fiscal years.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) annually report a compilation of the data provided to the Secretary concerning residency training, and (2) establish a minimum per resident per year payment amount for all approved teaching health center graduate medical education positions under the program that is not less than the amount as of January 1, 2013, and ensure that not less than that amount is provided to all such programs for all approved positions.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2013-FY2020 for grants to teaching centers for the establishment of new accredited or expanded primary care residency programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1761
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Housing finance and home ownership
Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2013 - Amends the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009 to repeal its sunset date December 31, 2012 (thus making the Act permanent). 
 
Establishes a private right of action to enforce compliance with such Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Support Enforcement Effectiveness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1763
Sponsor: Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family relationships
Family services
Intergovernmental relations
Separation, divorce, custody, support
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Child Support Enforcement Effectiveness Act of 2013 - Establishes the Commission on Child Support to evaluate the effectiveness of existing child support enforcement programs and collection practices employed by state agencies administering programs under part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA).
 
Amends part D of SSA title IV to repeal the exclusion from federal matching payments of any amounts expended by a state from child support incentive payments it has received from the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). (Thus reinstates federal matching of state spending of child support incentive payments.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8462)
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to limit the retirement of A-10 aircraft.

Bill: 113-s-1764
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of any Department of Defense (DOD) funds to retire, prepare to retire, or place in storage any A-10 aircraft until: (1) the Secretary of the Air Force certifies that the F-35A aircraft has achieved full operational capability and Block 4A capabilities and that a sufficient number of F-35A aircraft exists in the Air Force inventory to replace the A-10 aircraft in order to meet close air support capability requirements of the combatant commands; and (2) the Comptroller General submits a report that assesses whether each such certification is comprehensive, fully supported, and sufficiently detailed and that identifies any shortcomings, limitations, or other reportable matters that affect the quality or findings of any such certification.
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Iran Nuclear Compliance Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1765
Sponsor: Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Europe
France
Germany
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Middle East
Nuclear weapons
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Russia
Sanctions
Trade restrictions
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Iran Nuclear Compliance Act of 2013 - Prohibits the President, in connection with the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran and during the 240-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, from exercising a waiver of, suspending, or otherwise reducing any sanctions imposed on Iran unless the President certifies to Congress that: (1) it is in the U.S. national security interests to waive, suspend, or otherwise reduce such sanctions; and (2) Iran is in full compliance with the terms of any interim agreement between the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, Germany, and Iran relating to Iran's nuclear program.
 Provides for reinstatement of sanctions upon noncompliance.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in Senate
USF Equitable Distribution Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1766
Sponsor: Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
USF Equitable Distribution Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require at least 75% of all amounts collected by interstate telecommunications providers from consumers in a rural state for the purpose of making certain contributions to universal service funds established by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to be allocated to consumers in that rural state.
 
Defines "rural state" as a state in which the total population density is not more than 200 people per square mile, as determined by the latest available decennial census. 
 
Prohibits this Act from being construed to require an increase in amounts collected by interstate telecommunications providers from consumers for the purpose of making such contributions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Pipeline Modernization and Consumer Protection Act

Bill: 113-s-1767
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of Transportation
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Oil and gas
Pipelines
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Pipeline Modernization and Consumer Protection Act - Requires each operator of a gas pipeline facility, in accordance with an integrity management program, if applicable, to accelerate the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of gas piping or equipment that is leaking or may pose high risk of leaking.
 
Requires each state regulatory authority and each nonregulated gas utility, in complying with such requirements, to: (1) develop prioritized timelines to repair or replace all leaking or high-risk piping or equipment, and (2) require use of best available technology to detect gas leaks.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to issue non-binding best practices guidelines for identifying and classifying high-risk pipeline infrastructure and leaks for repair or replacement.
 
Directs the Administrator and the heads of other applicable federal agencies to work jointly to establish and publish forms that adopt a standard definition and methodology for calculating and reporting information on the causes of unaccounted-for gas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Pipeline Revolving Fund and Job Creation Act

Bill: 113-s-1768
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Government lending and loan guarantees
Oil and gas
Pipelines
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Pipeline Revolving Fund and Job Creation Act - Directs the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to offer to enter into agreements to make capitalization grants, including letters of credit, to eligible states for the repair or replacement of natural gas distribution pipelines. 
 
Requires grant funds to be deposited into state revolving loan funds to provide loans or loan guarantees to: (1) facilitate compliance with an intended use plan, or (2) repair or replace those pipelines that have been identified as leak-prone.
 
Prohibits the use of funds from loans or loan guarantees made by a state to repair or replace natural gas distribution pipelines unless all of the iron, steel, plastic, and manufactured goods used in the repair or replacement are produced in the United States (Buy America).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Standard of Care Protection Act

Bill: 113-s-1769
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Comprehensive health care
Federal preemption
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicaid
Medicare
Product safety and quality
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Standard of Care Protection Act - Provides that the development, recognition, or implementation of any guideline or other standard under any provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the health care-related parts of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, or titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act shall not be construed to establish the standard or duty of care owed by a health care provider to a patient in any medical malpractice or medical product liability action or claim.
 
Prohibits such health care provisions from being construed to preempt any state or common law governing medical malpractice or medical product liability actions or claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in Senate