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Small Farm Insurance Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1589
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Disaster relief and insurance
Minority and disadvantaged businesses

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: 
Small Farm Insurance Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide coverages for eligible crops based on individual yields (other than for value-loss crops) under the noninsured crop disaster assistance program equivalent to: (1) catastrophic risk protection, or (2) specified additional coverage. 
 
Provides reduced premiums for limited resource, beginning, and socially disadvantaged producers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act

Bill: 113-hr-1590
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Aquaculture
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Shellfish Marketing Assistance Fairness Act - Amends the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 to include farmed shellfish as a specialty crop.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
CAL Undiagnosed Diseases Research and Collaboration Network Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1591
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Charles August Long Undiagnosed Diseases Research and Collaboration Network Act of 2013 or CAL Undiagnosed Diseases Research and Collaboration Network Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish and maintain an undiagnosed diseases patient network. Includes among the purposes of the CAL Network to: (1) provide physicians who are handling cases of undiagnosed diseases with a means to search for similar cases and to network and collaborate with physicians handling similar cases, (2) better enable and examine cross-disease research, (3) better describe the types and prevalence of cases of undiagnosed diseases in the United States, and (4) provide such data necessary to better understand the length of time for a diagnosis to be rendered and to identify barriers to diagnoses and reasons for misdiagnosis of diseases. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to, and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, public or private nonprofit entities for: (1) the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on cases of undiagnosed diseases and other disorders that can often go undiagnosed or be misdiagnosed as other diseases or disorders; and (2) the establishment of separate undiagnosed disease programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the conveyance of the David W. Dyer Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Miami, Florida, to Miami Dade College in Miami Dade County, Florida.

Bill: 113-hr-1592
Sponsor: Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Florida
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Higher education
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to convey to Miami Dade College of Miami Dade County, Florida, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse at 300 NE 1st Avenue in Miami, Florida.
 
Allows the college to use such property as a cultural and educational complex, including additional class and programming space for workforce training, community workshops, lectures, performances, exhibitions, and screenings.
 
Exempts the conveyed land from environmental impact statement requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
STOP Act

Bill: 113-hr-1593
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Sexual Assault Training Oversight and Prevention Act or STOP Act - Establishes a Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Council, composed mainly of civilians, as an independent entity from the chain of command of the Department of Defense (DOD).
 
Directs the Council to: (1) appoint personnel to the Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Office, and advise such Office; (2) appoint the Director of Military Prosecutions (Director); (3) review each request of the Director with respect to a case stemming from a sexual-related offense that has been referred to a military appellate court or to the Department of Justice (DOJ); and (4) submit to the Secretary of Defense, Congress, and the Attorney General a report on each Director request for referral to a higher court. Requires the Council to advise on the development of sexual assault reporting protocols, risk-reduction and response training, and policy.
 
Establishes within DOD the Sexual Assault Oversight and Response Office, headed by an Executive Director, to undertake specified duties and responsibilities relating to the investigation, prevention, and reduction of sexual assault incidents within the Armed Forces. Requires the Office to establish protocols to ensure that all reports of sexual assault are taken out of the chain of command and reported directly to the Office.
 
Establishes the position of Director of Military Prosecutions, appointed by the Council, to have independent and final authority to oversee the prosecution of all sexual-related offenses committed by a member of the Armed Forces, and to refer such cases to trial by courts-martial.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
EGO Act

Bill: 113-hr-1594
Sponsor: Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Art, artists, authorship
Congressional officers and employees
Federal officials
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act or EGO Act - Prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the federal government to pay for an official portrait of a Member of Congress, the head of an executive agency, or the head of an office of the legislative branch. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1595
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Student Loan Relief Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the 3.4% interest rate on Federal Direct Stafford loans to loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2015. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-06-13
text: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Courtney. Petition No: 113-2. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/113/lrc/pd/petitions/DisPet0002.xml">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1596
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Employee hiring
Foreign labor
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Labor, as a component of the H-2B (temporary nonagricultural workers) labor certification process, to take specified actions to recruit U.S. workers before petitioning to hire H-2B workers. 
 
 Requires a prospective H-2B employer to submit a separate petition for each state in which the employer plans to employ H-2B non-immigrants for a period of at least seven days. 
Prohibits the Secretary from granting a temporary labor certification to a prospective H-2B employer until the Director of the state workforce agency has determined that: (1) employer recruitment requirements have been met, and (2) U.S. nationals are not qualified or available to fill such employment opportunities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Special Needs Tax Credit Act

Bill: 113-hr-1597
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Disability and paralysis
Income tax credits
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Special Needs Tax Credit Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income-based tax credit, up to $5,000 in a taxable year, for legal expenses paid to establish a legal guardianship of a disabled individual. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Veteran's I.D. Card Act

Bill: 113-hr-1598
Sponsor: Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Veteran's I.D. Card Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue a veteran's identification card to any veteran who requests such card and is neither entitled to military retired pay nor enrolled in the VA system of patient enrollment. Requires such card, among other things, to: (1) display their name and photograph, and (2) serve as proof that the veteran honorably served in the Armed Forces and has a DD-214 form or other official document in their personnel file that describes their military service. Directs the Secretary to charge a card fee. States that such card shall not serve as proof of entitlement to any benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Native American Suicide Prevention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1599
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Mental health
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Native American Suicide Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require a state or state-designated eligible entity, as a condition of receiving a grant or cooperative agreement for development or implementation of a statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategy, to agree to consult with each federally recognized Indian tribe and tribal organization and each urban Indian organization regarding such development or implementation.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
RESPECT Act

Bill: 113-hr-1600
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Requirements, Expectations, and Standard Procedures for Executive Consultation with Tribes Act or the RESPECT Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that consultation with Indian tribes involves more than simply notifying a tribe about a planned undertaking, but entails a process of seeking, discussing, and considering the views of an affected tribe, and, where feasible, working out an agreement with the tribe regarding proposed activities and other matters.
 
Outlines the consultation procedures which require federal agencies to: 
 
 
 have an accountable process to ensure meaningful and timely input by Indian tribes before undertaking any activity that may have substantial direct impacts on the lands or interests of one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the federal government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the federal government and Indian tribes; 
 
 consult with Indian tribes concerning all activities that would affect any part of any federal land that shares a border with Indian country; 
 
 recognize and respect Indian tribal self-government and sovereignty, honor tribal treaty and other rights, and strive to meet the responsibilities that arise from the unique legal relationship between the federal government and Indian tribal governments; and 
 
 review the processes under which Indian tribes apply for waivers of statutory and regulatory requirements and take appropriate steps to streamline those processes.
 
 
Permits an Indian tribe alleging that the requirements of this Act have not been met to bring a civil action in a U.S. district court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-09-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1601
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government information and archives
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2013 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to increase from $240 to $1,320 (increased for inflation each calendar year after 2015) the first amount of general income per year excluded in determining SSI program eligibility.
 
Increases from: (1) $780 to $4,284 (similarly increased) the first amount of earned income similarly excluded (including for a blind or disabled individual [or spouse] under age 65), (2) $3,000 to $15,000 in calendar year 2015 (increased for inflation) the resource limit for couples, and (3) $2,000 to $10,000 in calendar year 2015 (similarly increased) for individuals without a spouse.
 
Prescribes an inflation adjustment in benefits in any calendar year after 2015.
 
Removes support and maintenance furnished in kind from determination of unearned income.
 
Repeals the administrative penalty which renders individuals (and spouses) ineligible for SSI for a certain period of time if after the look-back date (usually 36 months preceding their application for SSI) they dispose of their resources for less than market value.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Fair Allocation of Internal Revenue Credit for Renewable Electricity Distribution by Indian Tribes Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1602
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Fair Allocation of Internal Revenue Credit for Renewable Electricity Distribution by Indian Tribes Act of 2013 or the FAIR CREDIT Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, for purposes of the renewable electricity production tax credit, to allow an Indian tribe that has an ownership interest in the gross sales from a facility that uses a renewable energy resource to produce electricity to assign to any other person who has such an ownership interest any portion of the production from the facility that would, but for this Act, be allocated to such tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Mutual Community Bank Competitive Equality Act

Bill: 113-hr-1603
Sponsor: Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Charitable contributions
Civil actions and liability
Department of the Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Federally chartered organizations
Securities
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Mutual Community Bank Competitive Equality Act - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to authorize the Comptroller of the Currency to charter mutual national banks either de novo or through a conversion of any insured depository institution or any state mutual bank or credit union. 

Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to authorize a mutual depository to issue Mutual Investment Certificates, to be included as Tier 1 capital for purposes of any capital standards issued by an appropriate federal banking agency. 
 
Amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to: (1) prohibit any company or subsidiary, or any director, officer, employee, or person with voting power or holding proxies representing more than 25% of the voting shares of such company or subsidiary, from holding, soliciting, or exercising any proxies in respect of a mutual savings association with the intention to to control the association; and (2) allow an aggrieved association to bring a civil action to prevent such takeover attempts.
 
Prohibits any company, subsidiary, director, officer, employee, or person owning, controlling, or holding with the power to vote, or holding proxies representing more than 25% of the voting shares of such a company or subsidiary, to hold, solicit, or exercise any proxies in respect of a mutual savings association with the view or intention to controlling or attempting to control it directly or indirectly.
 
Prescribes conditions under which a mutual holding company or its stock subsidiary may: (1) contribute stock to a charitable foundation either the company or the stock subsidiary establishes, and (2) waive the right to receive any dividend declared by one of its subsidiaries.
 
Requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve to apply its Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement to any mutual holding company that would otherwise qualify as a small bank holding company, if it were one.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Crop Risk Options Plan Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1606
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2013-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: 
Crop Risk Options Plan Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to make available to crop producers additional coverage to cover part of a crop insurance policy deductible based upon: (1) an individual or area yield and loss basis, (2) an individual yield and loss basis supplemented with coverage based on an area yield and loss basis (supplemental coverage option), or (3) a margin basis alone or in combination with the coverages available in (1) or (2). 
 
Triggers the supplemental coverage option only if area losses exceed 10% of normal levels. Provides for: (1) 60% premium coverage plus operating and administrative costs paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), and (2) coverage to begin no later than crop year 2014. 
 
Provides that in the case of the supplemental coverage option, FCIC shall offer producers the opportunity to purchase coverage that pays indemnities on a county-wide level or on a larger geographical area level in counties that lack sufficient data. 
 
Directs FCIC, in developing yield guarantees, to use county data collected by the Risk Management Agency and/or the National Agricultural Statistics Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-17
text: Introduced in House