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Uniting American Families Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-519
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2013-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
Marriage and family status

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: 
Uniting American Families Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include a &quot;permanent partner&quot; within the scope of such Act. Defines a &quot;permanent partner&quot; as an individual 18 or older who: (1) is in a committed, intimate relationship with another individual 18 or older in which both individuals intend a lifelong commitment; (2) is financially interdependent with the other individual; (3) is not married to, or in a permanent partnership with, anyone other than the individual; (4) is unable to contract with the other individual a marriage cognizable under this Act; and (5) is not a first, second, or third degree blood relation of the other individual. 
 
Defines: (1) &quot;permanent partnership&quot; as the relationship existing between two permanent partners, and (2) &quot;alien permanent partner&quot; as the individual in a permanent partnership who is being sponsored for a visa.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Balanced Budget Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-522
Sponsor: Rep. Daines, Steve [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Balanced Budget Accountability Act - Requires each house of Congress to adopt a concurrent budget resolution for a fiscal year which provides that, for each fiscal year for which a budget is provided under the resolution (beginning by FY2023), total outlays do not exceed total receipts.
 
Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), upon the adoption by a chamber of a concurrent budget resolution for a fiscal year, to transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President pro Tempore of the Senate (as the case may be) a certification as to whether or not that chamber has met the requirements of this Act with respect to the resolution.
 
Requires the appropriate payroll administrator of each chamber to deposit in an escrow account all mandatory payments for compensation of Members of Congress serving in that chamber if CBO does not certify that it has adopted a concurrent budget resolution for FY2015 before April 16, 2014.
 
Requires deposits to begin on such date and to be released to appropriate Members on the earlier of: 
 
 
 
 
 the day on which CBO certifies that the house of Congress has met the requirements of this Act with respect to FY2015, or 
 
 the last day of the 113th Congress.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and 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: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and 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: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and 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: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-523
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the excise tax on medical device manufacturers and importers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the authority to disapprove a permit after it has been issued by the Secretary of the Army under section 404 of such Act.

Bill: 113-hr-524
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Coal
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Licensing and registrations
Mining
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
 Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to remove the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prohibit the specification, or restrict the use, of an area as a disposal site for discharges of dredged or fill materials into waters of the United States once the Army Corps of Engineers has issued a permit for the discharge.

action_date: 2014-06-20
text: 

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

 
 Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to remove the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to prohibit the specification, or restrict the use, of an area as a disposal site for discharges of dredged or fill materials into waters of the United States once the Army Corps of Engineers has issued a permit for the discharge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 361.
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-485.
action_date: 2014-06-20
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-485.
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 19.
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-04-09
text: Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Discharged.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-525
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Horticulture and plants
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of "marihuana." Defines "industrial hemp" to mean the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-nine tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. Deems Cannabis sativa L. to meet that concentration limit if a person grows or processes it for purposes of making industrial hemp in accordance with state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Invest in America First Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-528
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Foreign aid and international relief

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Invest in America First Act of 2013 - Prohibits foreign assistance from being provided to a country with a GDP of $1.5 trillion or more. 
 
Exempts from such prohibition military, security, or humanitarian assistance.
 
Defines &quot;GDP&quot; as a country's gross domestic product on a purchasing power parity basis divided by the population of the country, as determined by the most recent publication of the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) The World Factbook.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Savings Enhancement for Education in College Act

Bill: 113-hr-529
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Employment taxes
Financial services and investments
Higher education
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Savings Enhancement for Education in College Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for contributions to qualified tuition plans; and (2) allow an exclusion, up to $600, from the gross income of an employee for employer contributions to a qualified tuition program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Government Waste Reduction Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-530
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Government Waste Reduction Act of 2013 - Establishes the Independent Government Waste Reduction Board, the membership of which shall include individuals with national recognition for expertise in agencies, waste reduction, finance and economics, and actuarial sciences.
 
Requires the Board to submit to Congress and the President a report that advises specific implementation of the recommendations from the March 2011 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report &quot;Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs, Save Tax Dollars, and Enhance Revenue&quot; and the February 2012 GAO report &quot;Opportunities to Reduce Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation, Achieve Savings, and Enhance Revenue.&quot;
 
Sets forth procedures for congressional consideration of the Board's recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2013-02-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H376)
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-532
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
 Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the federal bankruptcy code to limit the non-dischargeability, except in cases of undue hardship, of educational loans to those made, insured, or guaranteed by a governmental unit, or made under any program funded by a governmental unit or any program for which substantially all of the funds are provided by a nonprofit institution (thus allowing the discharge of private educational loan indebtedness without the need to show an undue hardship).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act

Bill: 113-hr-533
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
General public lands matters
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
 Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act - Makes an employee of a land management agency who served under a time-limited appointment in the competitive service eligible to compete for a permanent appointment in the agency if the original appointment was competitive, totaled a period of at least 24 months, and the employee's performance was satisfactory. Requires such an employee's appointment to a full-time position, if such a position is offered and the employee agrees to such employment, if the original position stated that there was the potential for the position to become permanent.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Restore the Partnership Act

Bill: 113-hr-534
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax reform and tax simplification

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Restore the Partnership Act - Establishes a permanent, bipartisan National Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. 
 
 Requires the Commission to: (1) engage in activities and studies necessary to give continuing attention to intergovernmental issues in order to facilitate cooperation and coordination among all levels of government; (2) consider mechanisms for fostering better relations among the levels of government; (3) make available technical assistance to the federal executive and legislative branches in the review of proposed legislation to determine its overall effect on all levels of government; (4) recommend, within the framework of the Constitution, the most desirable allocation of government functions, responsibilities, and revenues among the levels of government; (5) recommend methods of coordinating and simplifying tax laws and administrative policies and practices to achieve a more orderly and less competitive fiscal relationship among the levels of government and to reduce the burden of compliance for taxpayers; and (6) submit an annual report to the President and Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Put America Back to Work Act

Bill: 113-hr-535
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Economic development
Floods and storm protection
Income tax credits
Securities
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Put America Back to Work Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the Build America Bond program, to: (1) extend permanently the authority to issue such bonds and the authority for payments to issuers of such bonds, (2) reduce the percentage rate of payments to issuers, (3) allow refundings of currently-issued Build America bonds, and (4) allow the use of such bonds to fund capital expenditures for levees and flood control projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Diverse Teachers Recruitment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-536
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Minority education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Diverse Teachers Recruitment Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award competitive matching grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) or nonprofits, educational service agencies, institutions of higher education, or states that enter into partnerships with such LEAs to: (1) recruit individuals from underrepresented groups as public elementary and secondary school teachers, and (2) provide training and retention incentives to public elementary and secondary school teachers.
 
Prohibits grants to applicants that do not serve schools that have difficulty recruiting, training, and retaining individuals from underrepresented groups as teachers.
 
Gives priority to applicants that serve the most high-need schools and those that serve schools with high concentrations of poor, minority, disabled, or limited English proficient students.
 
Requires the Secretary to evaluate the success of the grantees and compile a database of best practices for recruiting, training, and retaining individuals from underrepresented groups as public elementary and secondary school teachers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Social Networking Online Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-537
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Higher education
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Social Networking Online Protection Act - Prohibits employers from: (1) requiring or requesting that an employee or applicant for employment provide a user name, password, or any other means for accessing a private email account or personal account on a social networking website; or (2) discharging, disciplining, discriminating against, denying employment or promotion to, or threatening to take any such action against any employee or applicant who refuses to provide such information, files a compliant or institutes a proceeding under this Act, or testifies in any such proceeding. 
 
Sets forth, with respect to employer violations of this Act: (1) civil penalities; (2) the authority of the Secretary of Labor to bring injunctive actions; and (3) the jurisdiction of U.S. district courts to provide legal or equitable relief including employment, reinstatement, promotion, and payment of lost wages and benefits.
 
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit certain institutions of higher education and local educational agencies from requesting such password or account information from students or potential students. Prohibits denial of admission, suspension, expulsion, and other discipline or discrimination against students who decline to provide such information, file a complaint, institute a proceeding, or testify in any related proceeding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
PLEA Act

Bill: 113-hr-538
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Protect Law Enforcement Armor Act or the PLEA Act - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) expand the definition of &quot;armor piercing ammunition&quot; to include a projectile that may be used in a handgun and that is determined by the Attorney General to be capable of penetrating body armor; and (2) require the Attorney General to promulgate standards for the uniform testing of projectiles against the Body Armor Exemplar (body armor that the Attorney General determines meets minimum standards for the protection of law enforcement officers), taking into account variations in performance related to the type of handgun used, the length of the barrel, the amount and kind of powder used to propel the projectile, and the projectile's design.
 
 Prohibits the manufacture, sale, possession, or transfer of the Fabrique Nationale Herstal Five-seveN Pistol, 5.7 x 28mm SS190, SS192, SS195LF, SS196, or SS197 cartridges, or any other handgun that uses armor piercing ammunition, except: (1) where manufactured and sold exclusively to U.S. military, law enforcement, or intelligence agencies; and (2) by a licensed manufacturer or contractor for the purpose of examining and testing to determine whether such prohibition applies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House