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Native American Veterans' Memorial Amendments Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1046
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Native American Veterans' Memorial Amendments Act of 2013 - Amends the Native American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994 to authorize the construction of the National Native American Veterans' Memorial on the property of the National Museum of the American Indian. (Currently, its location is restricted to the interior structure of the Museum.)
 
Authorizes the Museum to participate in the selection of the Memorial's design, on more than a consultative basis, with the National Congress of American Indians.
 
Makes the Museum and the National Congress of American Indians responsible for accepting contributions for, and paying the expenses of, establishing the Memorial. (Currently, the National Congress of American Indians is solely responsible for those duties.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3851)
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1047
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Judicial procedure and administration
Postal service
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Families for Foster Youth Stamp Act of 2013 - Requires the United States Postal Service, for a period of at least four years, to provide for the issuance and sale of a semipostal in order to increase funding for effective programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care.
 
Divides the amount received from such sales equally between: (1) programs and activities under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 that specifically target improvement in permanency outcomes for youth in foster care through adoption, guardianship, or kinship care; and (2) the program for state courts to assess and improve handling of proceedings relating to foster care and adoption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to expedite access to certain Federal lands under the administrative jurisdiction of each Secretary for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-1049
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: First responders and emergency personnel
Forests, forestry, trees
Government liability
Land use and conservation
Life, casualty, property insurance
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
 Directs the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to implement a process to provide eligible organizations and individuals expedited access to federal lands to conduct good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions. 
 
Sets forth procedures for the approval or denial of requests made by eligible organizations or individuals to carry out a good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission. 
 
Requires the Secretaries to develop search-and-recovery focused partnerships with search-and-recovery organizations to: (1) coordinate good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions on such lands, and (2) expedite and accelerate mission efforts for missing individuals on such lands. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-07-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-433.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Coast Guard STRONG Act

Bill: 113-s-1050
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Assault and harassment offenses
Coast guard
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Department of Homeland Security
Military personnel and dependents
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Coast Guard STRONG Act - Directs the Secretary concerned (under current law, the Secretaries of the military departments) to issue regulations to ensure the timely determination of a request for a permanent change of station or unit transfer by a member of the Armed Forces who is the victim of a sexual assault or related offense (thereby including the Coast Guard within such requirement).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to ensure that footwear furnished or obtained by allowance for enlisted members of the Armed Forces upon their initial entry into the Armed Forces complies with domestic source requirements.

Bill: 113-s-1051
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Amends military pay and allowance provisions to require footwear furnished to or obtained by allowance for enlisted members of the Armed Forces upon their initial entry into service to comply with Department of Defense (DOD) requirements concerning the procurement of products through domestic sources (Buy American requirements), without regard to the applicability of any simplified acquisition threshold.
 
Provides an exception with respect to athletic footwear that is medically required to meet unique physiological needs that cannot be met by footwear complying with such procurement requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3851-3852)
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
GREAT Teachers and Principals Act

Bill: 113-s-1052
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
National and community service
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Growing Education Achievement Training Academies for Teachers and Principals Act or the GREAT Teachers and Principals Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to states to: (1) create or approve teacher or principal preparation academies and create or designate authorizers of those academies; (2) support the creation and operation of such academies; and (3) award subgrants to nonprofit entities to establish or expand such academies, measure their effectiveness, or recruit enrollees who have demonstrated strong potential to be effective teachers or principals.
 
Requires each academy to enter into a charter with an authorizer that specifies the goals and outcomes expected of the academy and the obligations of the authorizer. Prohibits authorizers from renewing an academy's charter if it fails to produce the minimum number or percentage of effective teachers or principals specified in its charter.
 
Requires each academy to provide: (1) enrollees with a significant portion of their training through clinical preparation that partners them with successful teacher or principal mentors, and (2) certificates of completion only to graduates who demonstrate a track record of success in preparing students for college and careers.
 
Requires state grantees to recognize a certificate of completion from an academy as at least the equivalent of a master's degree in education for the purposes of teacher or principal hiring, retention, compensation, and promotion in the state.
 
Directs the Secretary to enter into an interagency agreement with the Corporation for National and Community Service under which the Corporation approves national service positions for candidates at each teacher or principal preparation academy receiving financial assistance under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1053
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Hospice Evaluation and Legitimate Payment Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to the face-to-face encounter framework in hospice care. Allows a clinical nurse specialist, physician assistant, or other health professional (in addition to a hospice physician or a nurse practitioner, as under current law) to conduct the face-to-face encounter with the individual to determine continued eligibility for hospice care before the first 60-day (currently 180-day) recertification period and each subsequent recertification.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a Medicare Hospital Payment Reform demonstration program to test any revisions to the methodology for determining payment rates for routine home care and other hospice care services.
 
Sets at every three years the frequency of surveys of certified hospice programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3852)
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Gold Butte National Conservation Area Act

Bill: 113-s-1054
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land transfers
Nevada
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Travel and tourism
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Gold Butte National Conservation Area Act - Establishes the Gold Butte National Conservation Area in Nevada. 
 
Establishes the Gold Butte National Conservation Area Advisory Council.
 
Designates specified wilderness areas administered by the National Park Service (NPS) or the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Clark County, Nevada, as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary, through the BLM, to establish a visitor center and field office in Mesquite, Nevada, to assist in fulfilling the purposes of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, and the Conservation Area. 
 
 States that the withdrawal of specified parcels of BLM lands for use by the Bureau of Reclamation is terminated. 
 
Requires the Conservation Area and the wilderness areas designated by this Act to be administered as components of the National Landscape Conservation System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3853-3857)
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3852-3853)
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
National Program for Arts and Technology Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1055
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Community life and organization
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Humanities programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
 National Program for Arts and Technology Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish and implement a national program for arts and technology that addresses the complex needs of the poor and undereducated by awarding competitive grants to qualified centers (private, nonprofit educational entities) and interested communities to provide: (1) financial support to establish new qualified centers, and (2) management expertise to guide such centers and communities. 
 
Prohibits federal funds received under this Act from being used for capital expenditures or endowment gifts. 
 
Requires a qualified center or an interested community to match federal contributions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1056
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the tax credit for adoption expenses refundable. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Safeguarding Privacy and Fostering Aerospace Innovation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1057
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Safeguarding Privacy and Fostering Aerospace Innovation Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to make it unlawful for any person to use a civil unmanned aircraft system (drone) to willfully conduct surveillance of another person (targeted person), unless: (1) the person conducting the surveillance obtains prior express written consent of the targeted person, (2) there is an emergency situation in which the life of an individual is threatened, or (3) the targeted person is in a public place where surveillance would not be highly offensive to a reasonable person.
 
 Prescribes penalties for violations of these requirements.
 
Requires the owner of a drone to clearly mark it with the owner's name, address, and telephone number.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Creating a Reliable Environment for Veterans' Dependents Act

Bill: 113-s-1058
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Creating a Reliable Environment for Veterans' Dependents Act - Allows services for which a homeless veteran receives a grant under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to include furnishing care for a dependent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem any person who has received an award from the Armed Forces of the United States for engagement in active combat or active participation in combat to have satisfied certain requirements for naturalization.

Bill: 113-s-1059
Sponsor: Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Conflicts and wars
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
 Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to deem any person who has received an award from the U.S. Armed Forces for engagement in active combat or active participation in combat to have satisfied specified naturalization requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3857)
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act

Bill: 113-s-1060
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
First responders and emergency personnel
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Veterans to Paramedics Transition Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the grant program to improve emergency medical services in rural areas to include as a permissible use of grant funds the provision to military veterans of required coursework and training to enable them to satisfy emergency medical services personnel certification requirements. Requires such coursework and training to take into account, and not be duplicative of, previous medical coursework and training received by such veterans in the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Access to Care Act

Bill: 113-s-1061
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medical education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Veterans Access to Care Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to designate medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) automatically as health professional shortage areas.
 
 Prohibits an individual from participating in both the VA's Health Professionals Education Assistance Program and the National Health Service Corps scholarship or loan repayment programs.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), in carrying out the National Health Service Corps Program, to consult with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs regarding health professional shortage areas that are VA medical facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Effective Teaching and Leading Act

Bill: 113-s-1063
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Effective Teaching and Leading Act - Amends title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to create a new Part E: Building School Capacity for Effective Teaching and Leadership.
 
Directs the Secretary of Education to allot grants to states for subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to improve teaching and school leadership through a system of teacher and principal induction, professional development, and evaluation that is developed, implemented, and evaluated in collaboration with local teacher, principal, and school leader organizations and preparation programs.
 
Requires LEAs to include in such system: 
 
 
 a comprehensive, coherent, high quality formalized induction program for beginning teachers during their first two years of full-time employment; 
 
 high-quality effective professional development for teachers, principals, school librarians, and other school leaders at their lowest achieving schools; 
 
 a rigorous, transparent, and equitable teacher and principal evaluation system for all their schools; 
 
 ongoing high-quality support, coaching, and professional development for principals and other school leaders at their lowest achieving schools; 
 
 opportunities for teachers and school librarians to assume new school leadership roles and receive training regarding such roles; and 
 
 significant and sustainable stipends above a teacher's base salary for teachers that serve as mentors, instructional coaches, teacher leaders, or evaluators under these programs.
 
 
Directs LEA grantees to conduct a valid and reliable full population survey of teaching and learning, at the school and LEA level, the results of which are to inform and be integrated into such systems.
 
Requires a formal evaluation of each system to be conducted by the state, an institution of higher education, or an external agency and the results disseminated widely.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3857-3858)
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Mental Health Access Act

Bill: 113-s-1064
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Medicare Mental Health Access Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to treat as a physician, for Medicare purposes, a clinical psychologist acting within the scope of a psychologist's license (or other state law authorization), but only with respect to the furnishing of clinical psychologists services which the psychologist is legally authorized to perform by the state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate