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Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act

Bill: 113-hr-1144
Sponsor: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Land transfers
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act - Amends the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to delete a provision prohibiting the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas from conducting gaming activities on its lands if those gaming activities are prohibited by Texas.
 
Approves and ratifies any prior invalid transfer of land or natural resources within Texas from, by, or on behalf of the Tribe or any predecessor in interest or any of its members.
 
Extinguishes any aboriginal title held by the Tribe, or any predecessor in interest or any of its members, to the land or natural resources the transfer of which is approved and ratified by this Act.
 
Extinguishes any claim by or on behalf of the Tribe, or any predecessor in interest or any of its members, against Texas or the United States regarding the transferred or aboriginal lands or natural resources.
 
Requires the United States and the Tribe to execute and file with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas a motion for entry of final judgment in accordance with the terms of this Act of pending litigation regarding the government's failure to discharge its fiduciary duty to the Tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Maritime Lien Reform Act

Bill: 113-hr-1147
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: 
Maritime Lien Reform Act - Bars specified federal shipping laws related to maritime liability from: (1) establishing maritime liens on state or federal fishing permits (authorizing a person or use of a vessel to engage in fishing), and (2) authorizing civil actions to enforce maritime liens on such permits.
 
Specifies that a &quot;fishing permit&quot; is governed solely by the state or federal law under which it was issued and is not included in the whole or as an appurtenance or intangible of a vessel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1148
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Drug therapy
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Medicare Access to Radiology Care Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize Medicare payment for the services of qualified radiologist assistants. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-14
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: 2013-03-14
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: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Waterways Are Vital for the Economy, Energy, Efficiency, and Environment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1149
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government trust funds
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Transportation programs funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Waterways Are Vital for the Economy, Energy, Efficiency, and Environment Act of 2013 or WAVE4 Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to require certain delivery process reforms for qualifying construction and major rehabilitation projects for navigation infrastructure of inland and intracoastal waterways.
 
Directs the Secretary, working in conjunction with the Inland Waterways Users Board, to submit to Congress a 20-year program for making capital investments on inland and intracoastal waterways. Authorizes such program to be based on the 20-year capital investment strategy contained in the Inland Marine Transportation System (IMTS) Capital Projects Business Model, Final Report published on April 13, 2010, as approved by the Board.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit expenditures from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund to 50% of the total cost of the construction or rehabilitation project. Makes Fund amounts unavailable for: (1) construction or rehabilitation of dams, or (2) rehabilitation expenditures that do not equal or exceed $100 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Mississippi River Navigation Sustainment Act

Bill: 113-hr-1152
Sponsor: Rep. Enyart, William L. [D-IL-12]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Birds
Dams and canals
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Illinois
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Marine and inland water transportation
Mississippi River
Missouri
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Water storage
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Mississippi River Navigation Sustainment Act - Directs the Chief of Engineers to carry out a study of the Mississippi River Basin to: (1) improve the coordinated and comprehensive management of water resource projects in the greater Mississippi River Basin relating to extreme weather conditions, and (2) evaluate the feasibility of modifications to those projects and develop new projects to improve the reliability of navigation and more effectively reduce flood risk.
 
Directs the Chief to improve forecasting on the Mississippi River by: (1) updating forecasting technology deployed on the River and its tributaries, (2) constructing additional sedimentation ranges on the River and tributaries, and (3) deploying additional automatic identification system base stations at river gage sites. Requires the Chief to prioritize the sections of the River on which additional and more reliable information would have the greatest impact on maintaining navigation.
 
Authorizes the Chief to: (1) construct, operate, and maintain ingress and egress paths to docks, loading facilities, fleeting areas, and other critical locations outside of the authorized navigation channel on the Mississippi River upon determining such actions to be critical to maintaining safe and reliable navigation; and (2) mitigate, through dredging, any incidental impacts to loading or fleeting areas outside of such channel that result from operation and maintenance of the channel. 
 
Directs the Chief: (1) in accordance with the project for navigation, Mississippi River between the Ohio and Missouri Rivers (Regulating Works), Missouri and Illinois, to carry out a 10-year pilot program to restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat in the middle Mississippi River; and (2) as part of such program, to conduct activities necessary to improve navigation through such project while restoring and protecting fish and wildlife habitat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
WIN P3 Act

Bill: 113-hr-1153
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Army Corps of Engineers
Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Department of Defense
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Public-private cooperation
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Water Infrastructure Now Public-Private Partnership Act or the WIN P3 Act - Directs the Chief of Engineers to establish a pilot program to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and project delivery efficiency of allowing non-federal interests to carry out authorized flood damage reduction, hurricane and storm damage reduction, and navigation projects. Requires the Chief: (1) to identify not more than 15 projects authorized for construction; (2) to develop a detailed project management plan for each identified project that outlines the scope, budget, design, and construction resource requirements necessary for the non-federal interest to execute the project or an element of the project; (3) to enter into a project partnership agreement with the non-federal interest at such interest's request to provide full project management control for construction of the project or element in accordance with plans approved by the Chief; (4) following execution of such agreement, to transfer specified amounts to the non-federal interest to carry out project construction; and (5) to regularly monitor and audit each such project being constructed by a non-federal interest.
 
Sets forth restrictions on projects selected. Authorizes the Chief to: (1) provide technical assistance to the non-federal interests for compensation, and (2) waive or modify applicable federal regulations if doing so would provide public and financial benefits.
 
Directs the Chief, before entering into a project partnership agreement, to enter into an arrangement with an independent third party to conduct an assessment and provide justification that the proposed agreement would represent a better public and financial benefit than a similar transaction using public funding.
 
Terminates authority to commence a project under this Act five years after its enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1416)
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
BREATHE Act

Bill: 113-hr-1154
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Bringing Reductions to Energy's Airborne Toxic Health Effects Act or the BREATHE Act - Amends the Clean Air Act to repeal prohibitions against: (1) aggregating emissions from any oil or gas exploration or production well and emissions from any pipeline compressor or pump station with emissions from other similar units, whether or not such units are in a contiguous area or under common control, to determine whether such units or stations are major sources of listed toxic air pollutants under such Act; (2) aggregating such emissions for any purpose under such Act, in the case of any oil or gas exploration or production well; and (3) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) listing an oil and gas production well as an area source category of toxic air pollutants under such Act.
 
Requires the Administrator to: (1) issue a final rule adding hydrogen sulfide to the list of hazardous air pollutants; and (2) revise such list within 365 days after issuing such rule to include categories and subcategories of major sources and area sources of hydrogen sulfide, including oil and gas wells.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in order to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park or the Wilderness, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-1156
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways
Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Amends the Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundaries of the North Cascades National Park and the Stephen Mather Wilderness in Washington state in order to provide a 100-foot wide corridor along which the Stehekin Valley Road may be rebuilt: (1) outside of the floodplain between mileposts 12.9 and 22.8, (2) within the boundaries of the Park, and (3) outside of the boundaries of the Wilderness. 
 
Requires that the boundary adjustments be such that equal acreage amounts are exchanged between the Wilderness and the Park. 

action_date: 2013-05-17
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends the Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundaries of the North Cascades National Park and the Stephen Mather Wilderness in Washington state in order to provide a 100-foot wide corridor along which the Stehekin Valley Road may be rebuilt: (1) outside of the floodplain between mileposts 12.9 and 22.8, (2) within the boundaries of the Park, and (3) outside of the boundaries of the Wilderness. 
 
Requires that the boundary adjustments be such that equal acreage amounts are exchanged between the Wilderness and the Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 45.
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-69.
action_date: 2013-05-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-69.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Cabin Fee Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1159
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Doc [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Alaska
Forests, forestry, trees
Housing finance and home ownership
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
 Cabin Fee Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to set an annual fee for, and requires the payment of such fee to the United States by, an authorized owner of a privately built and owned recreational cabin located on National Forest System land. 
 
Reduces such fee to $100 annually if access to a cabin is significantly impaired, either by natural causes or governmental actions. 
 
 Requires payment of a transfer fee to the United States upon the transfer of a cabin between private parties for consideration. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Alex's Law

Bill: 113-hr-1160
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Alex's Law - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to increase the age for retirement to 70 and the early retirement age to 65 as of January 1, 2069.
 
Revises requirements accordingly for calculation of the first and the second retirement age increase factors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
DREDGE Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1161
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
Gulf of Mexico
Lakes and rivers
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Mississippi River
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Dredging for Restoration and Economic Development for Global Exports Act of 2013 or the DREDGE Act of 2013 - Modifies the project for navigation, Mississippi River Ship Channel, Gulf of Mexico to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to direct the Secretary of the Army to: (1) achieve, operate, and maintain a navigation channel of 50 feet with respect to the portion of the project from Baton Rouge to the Southwest Pass sea buoy; (2) complete such work not later than the last day of the third fiscal year beginning after the enactment of this Act; (3) conduct a pilot disposal and sediment project in the Southwest Pass area to determine the cost-effectiveness of pump-out disposal operations for hopper dredges for environmental enhancement and dredged material disposal; and (4) consult with appropriate federal, state, and local agencies and stakeholders to determine the safe placement and timing of such pump-out disposal operations that protect, create, restore, and nourish coastal wetlands and aquatic habitat.
 
Requires: (1) all costs of such work to be treated as operation and maintenance costs, including the first costs of achieving a navigation channel of 50 feet; (2) the federal cost share of such work to be 100%; and (3) the Secretary to pay 100% of the costs of such work out of amounts made available from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for operation and maintenance expenses.
 
Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on: (1) the cost and the environmental, storm damage reduction, and social benefits of the pump-out disposal operation; and (2) the total quantity of dredge material produced during operation and maintenance activities in the New Orleans District and the quantity that is beneficially used.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Government Shutdown Prevention Act

Bill: 113-hr-1164
Sponsor: Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Government Shutdown Prevention Act - Makes specified provisional (automatic) continuing appropriations in the event that any regular appropriation bill for a fiscal year is not enacted before the beginning of such fiscal year, or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect. (Thus prevents a federal government shutdown.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States courthouse located at 100 North Church Street in Las Cruces, New Mexico, as the "Edwin L. Mechem United States Courthouse".

Bill: 113-hr-1166
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Judges
Members of Congress
New Mexico
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 100 North Church Street in Las Cruces, New Mexico, as the &quot;Edwin L. Mechem United States Courthouse.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Introduced in House