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Sikes Act Reauthorization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-910
Sponsor: Rep. Fleming, John [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Land use and conservation
Military facilities and property
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Sikes Act Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Reauthorizes title I of the Sikes Act (conservation programs on military installations) for FY2015-FY2019.

action_date: 2013-06-24
text: 

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

 
Sikes Act Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Reauthorizes title I of the Sikes Act (conservation programs on military installations) for FY2015-FY2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 84.
action_date: 2013-06-24
text: Committee on Armed Services discharged.
action_date: 2013-06-24
text: Committee on Armed Services discharged.
action_date: 2013-06-24
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-119, Part I.
action_date: 2013-06-24
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-119, Part I.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-05-15
text: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-911
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Dental care
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to declare that nothing in that Act shall modify, impair, or supersede the operation of any of the antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance, including the business of dental insurance.
 
Specifically excludes from the business of health (and dental) insurance covered by this Act the business of life insurance (including annuities) or of property or casualty insurance, including but not limited to: (1) accident only, or disability income insurance only, or any combination of them; (2) liability insurance, including supplemental insurance, general liability insurance, and automobile liability insurance; (3) workers' compensation or similar insurance; (4) automobile medical payment insurance; (5) credit-only insurance; (6) insurance coverage for on-site medical clinics; (7) other similar insurance coverage, specified in regulations, under which benefits for medical care are secondary or incidental to other insurance benefits; (8) insurance for long-term care, nursing home care, home health care, community-based care, or any combination of them; (9) insurance coverage only for a specified disease or illness offered as independent, noncoordinated benefits; and (10) hospital indemnity or other fixed indemnity insurance offered as independent, noncoordinated benefits.
 
Applies prohibitions against using unfair methods of competition to the business of health insurance without regard to whether such business is carried on for profit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Medicaid for Compact of Free Association Migrants Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-912
Sponsor: Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen W. [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Foreign aid and international relief
Marshall Islands
Medicaid
Micronesia
Oceania
Palau

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Restoring Medicaid for Compact of Free Association Migrants Act of 2013 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 to permit coverage under title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act for citizens of the Freely Associated States lawfully residing in the United States under the Compacts of Free Association between the United States Government and the Governments of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
 
Permits Medicaid coverage also to lawful residents, in accordance with such Compacts, but only at the option of the governor, of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa.
 
Exempts such citizens from the five-year limited eligibility of qualified aliens for federal means-tested public benefits with respect to Medicaid benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Everglades for the Next Generation Act

Bill: 113-hr-913
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Dams and canals
Everglades
Florida
Lakes and rivers
Water quality
Water storage
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Everglades for the Next Generation Act - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to authorize the Secretary of the Army, after completing a project implementation report prepared for a project under the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan and without any further congressional authorization, to carry out projects for: (1) the Caloosahatchee River (C-43) West Basin Storage Reservoir; (2) the Biscayne Bay coastal wetland; (3) Broward County water preserve areas; (4) the C-111 Spreader Canal; (5) any other project identified in the Plan for which a project implementation report is completed that is in accordance with an integrated delivery schedule approved by the Chief of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District, provided that the report is completed not later than five years after this Act's enactment; and (6) any group of projects under the Plan that the Secretary determines will provide regional or watershed ecosystem or water supply benefits if the group of projects is constructed in accordance with a project implementation report approved by the Chief and the District within that time frame.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E230-231)
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Military Religious Freedom Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-914
Sponsor: Rep. Huelskamp, Tim [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Defense
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Marriage and family status
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Military Religious Freedom Protection Act - Requires the sincerely held religious or moral beliefs of a member of the Armed Forces concerning the appropriate and inappropriate expression of human sexuality to be accommodated and not the basis of any adverse personnel action, discrimination, or denial of promotion, schooling, training, or assignment (adverse actions).
 
Prohibits a military chaplain from being directed, ordered, or required to perform any duty, rite, ritual, ceremony, service, or function (ceremony) that is contrary to the conscience, moral principles, or religious beliefs (beliefs) of the chaplain or the chaplain's faith group. Prohibits the refusal of a chaplain to perform a ceremony that is contrary to such beliefs from being the basis of any adverse actions.
 
Requires the Secretary of Defense to issue regulations setting forth guidance to implement such requirements and prohibitions.
 
Prohibits a military installation or other property owned, rented, or otherwise under the jurisdiction or control of the Department of Defense (DOD) from being used to officiate, solemnize, or perform a marriage or marriage-like ceremony involving anything other than the union of one man with one woman.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-915
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
National and community service
Peace Corps

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Authorizes the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia to commemorate the formation of the Peace Corps and to honor the ideals upon which it was founded.
 
Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any expense to establish the commemorative work.

action_date: 2014-01-23
text: 

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

 
Authorizes the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia to commemorate the formation of the Peace Corps and to honor the ideals upon which it was founded.
 
Prohibits the use of federal funds to pay any expense to establish the commemorative work.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-23
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 245.
action_date: 2014-01-23
text: Committee on Budget discharged.
action_date: 2014-01-23
text: Committee on Budget discharged.
action_date: 2014-01-23
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-329, Part I.
action_date: 2014-01-23
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-329, Part I.
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-917
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Evidence and witnesses
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Judicial procedure and administration
Photography and imaging
Sound recording
Supreme Court
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2013 - Authorizes the presiding judge of a U.S. appellate court (including the Supreme Court) or U.S. district court to permit the photographing, electronic recording, broadcasting, or televising to the public of court proceedings over which that judge presides, except when such action would constitute a violation of the due process rights of any party.
 
Directs: (1) a district court, upon the request of any witness in a trial proceeding other than a party, to order the face and voice of the witness to be disguised or otherwise obscured to render the witness unrecognizable for purposes of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising the witness; and (2) the presiding judge in a trial proceeding to inform each witness who is not a party of the right to make such request. 
 
Authorizes the Judicial Conference to promulgate mandatory guidelines with respect to the management and administration of photographing, recording, broadcasting, or televising described in this Act.
 
Terminates a district court's authority under this Act three years after enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-03
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Peace Stamp for the Peace Corps Act

Bill: 113-hr-918
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Peace Corps
Postal service
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Peace Stamp for the Peace Corps Act - Directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue a semipostal (a postage stamp sold at a premium in order to help provide funding for certain causes) to benefit the Peace Corps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
SECTORS Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-919
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Vocational and technical education
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Strengthening Employment Clusters to Organize Regional Success Act of 2013 or SECTORS Act of 2013 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require the Secretary of Labor to award renewable three-year competitive industry or sector partnership grants to eligible entities to develop strategies that: (1) encourage growth and competitiveness through work with employers within a targeted industry cluster; (2) help workers move toward economic self-sufficiency and ensure that they have access to supportive services; (3) address the needs of firms with limited human resources or in-house training capacity, including small- and medium-sized firms; and (4) coordinate with entities that carry out state and local workforce investment, economic development, and education activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-920
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
National Health Service Corps Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise the definition of &quot;primary health services&quot; for purposes of the National Health Service Corps to include optometry health services.
 
Includes optometrists within: (1) the fellowship program for the delivery of primary health services in health professional shortage areas, (2) the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program, and (3) the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act

Bill: 113-hr-921
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act - Amends the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to require a program under which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs provides chiropractic care and services to veterans through Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and clinics to be carried out at: (1) no fewer than 75 medical centers by December 31, 2014, and (2) all medical centers by December 31, 2016.
 
Includes chiropractic examinations and services within required VA medical, rehabilitative, and preventive health care services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Northern Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-922
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Economic development
Intergovernmental relations
Maine
New Hampshire
New York State
Regional and metropolitan planning
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations
Vermont

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Northern Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Authorizes appropriations for the Northern Border Regional Commission for FY2014-FY2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Say No to Drug Ads Act

Bill: 113-hr-923
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax deductions
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Say No to Drug Ads Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny a tax deduction for the cost of direct-to-consumer advertisement of a prescription drug. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act

Bill: 113-hr-924
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2013-02-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Great Lakes
Income tax credits
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: 
Incentivizing Offshore Wind Power Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a 30% tax credit for investment in a qualifying offshore wind facility (an offshore facility using wind to produce electricity), and (2) direct the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a qualifying credit for offshore wind facilities program to consider and award certifications for investments eligible for such a credit to qualifying offshore wind facility sponsors.
 
Requires the Secretary to review credits allocated under this Act periodically and authorizes the Secretary to make additional allocations and reallocations of such credits upon determining that: (1) the limit on the total amount of megawatt capacity for offshore facilities with respect to which credits may be allocated under the program has not been attained, or (2) scheduled placed-in-service dates of previously certified facilities have been significantly delayed and the applicant will not meet the required timeline.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Introduced in House