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Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act

Bill: 113-hr-1699
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Genetics
Immunology and vaccination

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem misbranded any food that has been genetically engineered or contains one or more genetically engineered ingredients, unless such information is clearly disclosed.
 
Exempts from this requirement any food that: (1) is served in restaurants or other similar eating establishments, (2) is a medical food, (3) would be subject to such requirement solely because it was produced using a genetically engineered vaccine, or (4) would be subject to such requirement solely because it includes the use of a genetically engineered processing aid (including yeast) or enzyme.
 
Defines &quot;genetically engineered&quot; as a material intended for human consumption that is: (1) an organism produced through the intentional use of genetic engineering, or (2) the progeny of intended sexual or asexual reproduction (or both) of one or more organisms that is the product of genetic engineering.
 
Defines &quot;genetically engineered ingredient&quot; as an ingredient in a food that is derived from any part of an organism that has been genetically engineered, without regard to whether: (1) the altered molecular or cellular characteristics of the organism are detectable in the material, and (2) the organism is capable for use as human food.
 
Excludes from penalties for misbranding of genetically engineered food or ingredients any recipient that establishes a guaranty or undertaking that: (1) is signed by, and contains the name and address of, a person residing in the United States from whom the recipient received the food in good faith (including the receipt of seeds to grow raw agricultural commodities); and (2) contains a statement to the effect that the food is not genetically engineered or does not contain a genetically engineered ingredient.
 
Applies this exclusion from penalties without regard to the manner in which the recipient uses the food.
 
Excludes an agricultural producer also from such penalties when a violation occurs because food the producer has grown, raised, or otherwise produced, which neither contains nor was produced with a genetically engineered material, is subsequently contaminated with a food that does contain or was produced with a genetically engineered material, and the agricultural producer has not intended any such contamination nor was negligent in the matter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Disaster Preparedness Act

Bill: 113-hr-1700
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive Office of the President
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Nuclear Disaster Preparedness Act - Directs the President to issue guidance on the federal response to any nuclear disaster that: (1) may be caused by a natural catastrophe, an accident, or a terrorist or other attack; (2) occurs initially at a nuclear power plant; and (3) disperses radiation off the reactor site and into the surrounding area.
 
Requires such guidance to: 
 
 
designate the single federal agency responsible for coordinating the government's efforts in response to a nuclear disaster (coordinating agency), including making a formal declaration that a nuclear disaster exists;
 
identify the circumstances under which such declaration will occur;
 
designate the single agency responsible for recommending the evacuation of the area within a 10-mile to 50-mile radius from the nuclear power plant; 
 
 identify the circumstances under which such recommendation will be made; 
 
designate the single agency responsible for developing plans for, educating the public regarding, and conducting, such evacuation; 
 
designate the single agency responsible for recommending that evacuees may return following a nuclear disaster; 
 
identify the circumstances under which such recommendation will be made;
 
designate the single agency responsible for conducting cleanup of a nuclear disaster; and
 
identify what cleanup standards will apply.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1701
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Cutting Costly Codes Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from implementing, administering, or enforcing specified regulations insofar as they would replace International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9 with ICD-10 as a standard for code sets for appropriate data elements for financial and administrative transactions involving the electronic exchange of health information.
 
(The ICD is a health care classification system of diagnostic codes for classifying diseases.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-24
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: 2013-04-24
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: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Transportation Service Act

Bill: 113-hr-1702
Sponsor: Rep. Barber, Ron [D-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Transportation costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Veterans Transportation Service Act - Makes permanent (under current law, expires on January 10, 2014) the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transport individuals to and from facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in connection with vocational rehabilitation, counseling, examination, treatment, or care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-09
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Program Integrity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1703
Sponsor: Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Housing finance and home ownership
Inflation and prices
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Medicaid Program Integrity Act of 2013 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act with respect to the option a state has, when determining an individual's Medicaid eligibility for long-term care assistance, to change the $500,000 maximum allowable equity interest of the individual in his or her home. Gives states the further option to reduce the maximum allowable home equity interest below $500,000 but not below $50,000. Requires indexed inflation adjustments to the state-selected alternative maximum beginning in 2014.
 
Revises the general maintenance of effort requirement that a state maintain Medicaid eligibility standards no stricter than those in effect when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was enacted until the state health insurance exchange required by such Act is operational. Declares that such maintenance of effort requirement shall not apply to changes in eligibility standards for medical assistance for long-term care services, so long as such changes would have been permitted under the law as in effect before the enactment of PPACA. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Support Our Startups Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1704
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Support Our Startups Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an increased tax deduction for business start-up expenditures in 2013 and 2014


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Rehabilitative Therapy Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act

Bill: 113-hr-1705
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Allied health services
Health care coverage and access
Military medicine

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Rehabilitative Therapy Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act - Allows rehabilitative authority provided for beneficiaries under the Department of Defense (DOD) TRICARE program (a DOD managed care program) to include therapeutic exercises or activities included in the authorized plan of care of the individual receiving such therapy.
 
Allows such activities or exercises to further include therapies provided on a horse, balance board, ball, bolster, and bench.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage Settlement Monitoring Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1706
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Mortgage Settlement Monitoring Act of 2013 - Establishes the Office of the Independent Monitor to determine the compliance with its terms of all parties to the amended consent orders (settlement) finalized on February 28, 2013, between the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and 11 mortgage servicing companies subject to enforcement actions for unsafe and unsound practices related to residential mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing, as well as any future agreement between the Board and the Office and a mortgage servicing company. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 302 East Green Street in Champaign, Illinois, as the "James R. Burgess Jr. Post Office Building".

Bill: 113-hr-1707
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Illinois
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 302 East Green Street in Champaign, Illinois, as the "James R. Burgess Jr. Post Office Building."
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: 

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

 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 302 East Green Street in Champaign, Illinois, as the "James R. Burgess Jr. Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Became Public Law No: 113-208.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Became Public Law No: 113-208.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-12-16
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2014-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-12-10
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2014-12-09
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6395-6396)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6395-6396)
action_date: 2014-06-18
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5374)
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5374)
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1707.
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5374-5375)
action_date: 2014-06-17
text: Mr. Meadows moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-05-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 113-208
Affordable Footwear Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1708
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Inflation and prices
Retail and wholesale trades
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain footwear, and for other purposes.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Securing American Families by Educating and Training Youth (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1709
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Crime prevention
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Securing American Families by Educating and Training Youth (SAFETY) Through Nonviolence Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to state or local governments, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, and faith-based entities to prevent or alleviate the effects of community violence by educating, mentoring, and counseling youth regarding the principles and application of nonviolence in conflict resolution. 
 
Gives grant priority to applicants that agree to use the funds in communities experiencing an increase in violence, but lacking the resources to address violence prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1710
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Asia
Conflicts and wars
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Historic sites and heritage areas
Human rights
India
International exchange and broadcasting
Political movements and philosophies
Protest and dissent

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of State to carry out, in cooperation with the government of India, the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative comprised of educational, scholarly, and professional exchange programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Cooperative Research and Development Fund Authorization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1711
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Energy research
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Cooperative Research and Development Fund Authorization Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to make funds available to DOE national laboratories for the federal cost share of cooperative research and development agreements that support the maturing of laboratory technology and the transferring of it to the private sector. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) determine the apportionment of such funds to each DOE national laboratory; (2) ensure that special consideration is given to small business firms and consortia involving such firms in the selection of which agreements will receive such funds; and (3) ensure that the performance evaluation metrics of each laboratory's operating contractor provide incentives for, and measure the effectiveness of, such contractor's cooperative research and development agreement program at maturing laboratory technology and transferring it to the private sector. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1712
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2013-04-24 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Housing finance and home ownership
Interest, dividends, interest rates
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: 
Housing Opportunity and Mortgage Equity Act of 2013 - Directs the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) (government-sponsored enterprises or GSEs) each to carry out a one-year program providing for the refinancing of qualified single-family housing mortgages it owns through a refinancing mortgage (and for the purchase of and securitization of such refinancing mortgages) in accordance with this Act and the policies and procedures of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).
 
Defines a qualified mortgage as one, regardless of whether the mortgagor is current on payments due or in default, that: (1) is an existing first mortgage for purchase of, or refinancing another first mortgage on, a one- to four-family dwelling, including a condominium or a share in a cooperative ownership housing association, that is occupied by the mortgagor as principal residence; (2) is owned or guaranteed by the particular GSE; and (3) was originated on or before enactment of this Act.
 
Specifies the terms and conditions of a refinancing mortgage, including a 40-year term to maturity and a prohibition on borrower fees. Requires waiver or forgiveness of all fees and penalties related to any default or delinquency on the original mortgage.
 
Authorizes the FHFA Director, in his or her sole discretion, to require each enterprise to pay a servicer an appropriate fee for each qualified mortgage of an enterprise that the servicer refinances through a refinancing mortgage.
 
Prohibits any requirement of a property appraisal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-24
text: Introduced in House