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To amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the requirement for annual reports on Comptroller General reviews of the accuracy of Department of Veterans Affairs medical budget submissions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-806
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2013-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: 
Requires the Comptroller General to annually: (1) study the adequacy and accuracy of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) baseline model projections for health care expenditures for that fiscal year; and (2) report study results to the congressional veterans, appropriations, and budget committees.
 
Requires each such report to be made available to the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-808
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2013-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Arms control and nonproliferation
Assault and harassment offenses
Child health
Commemorative events and holidays
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Cultural exchanges and relations
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Economic development
Elementary and secondary education
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Higher education
Human rights
International organizations and cooperation
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Mental health
News media and reporting
Preschool education
Racial and ethnic relations
Reconstruction and stabilization
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Teaching, teachers, curricula
United Nations
Violent crime
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: 
Department of Peacebuilding Act of 2013 - Establishes a Department of Peacebuilding, which shall be headed by a Secretary of Peacebuilding (Secretary). 
 
Sets forth the mission of the Department, including: (1) cultivation of peace as a national policy objective; and (2) development of policies that promote national and international conflict prevention, nonviolent intervention, mediation, peaceful conflict resolution, and structured conflict mediation.
 
Establishes in the Department: (1) the Office of Peace Education and Training, (2) the Office of Domestic Peace Activities, (3) the Office of International Peace Activities, (4) the Office of Technology for Peace, (5) the Office of Arms Control and Disarmament, (6) the Office of Peacebuilding Information and Research, (7) the Office of Human Rights and Economic Rights, and (8) the Intergovernmental Advisory Council on Peace. 
 
Establishes a Federal Interagency Committee on Peace. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Secretary of State to consult with the Secretary concerning nonviolent means of conflict resolution when a conflict between the United States and any other government or entity is imminent or occurring. 
 
Directs the Secretary to encourage citizens to celebrate the blessings of peace and endeavor to create peace on a Peace Day. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House
To grant the Secretary of Defense the authority to transfer funding under a continuing resolution, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-810
Sponsor: Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen W. [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2013-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the congressional defense and appropriations committees a detailed outline of, and accounting under the discretionary spending limit for: (1) the efficiencies relating to Department of Defense (DOD) contracting for goods and services, and (2) the DOD budget initiate.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to transfer amounts made available by a continuing resolution among DOD accounts. Prohibits the amount transferred to any account from exceeding that authorized for such account by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013.
 
Makes such transfer authority inapplicable in the event a regular appropriations Act for DOD is enacted for FY2013.
 
Requires 15 days' advance notification to such committees prior to any such transfer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Never Forget 9/11 Heroes Act

Bill: 113-hr-811
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Disability assistance
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care costs and insurance
Law enforcement officers
New York City
Pennsylvania
Terrorism
Virginia
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: 
Never Forget 9/11 Heroes Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to add the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund and the World Trade Center Health Program Fund to the list of programs exempt from any presidential sequestration order.
 
Requires the President, if the amendment made by this Act takes effect after the final sequester order for FY2014 is issued, to revise the order to account for the amendment and issue a new order.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make certain dividends and distributions paid to individuals from certain small businesses exempt from tax to the extent of the increased wages of the small business.

Bill: 113-hr-815
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2013-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income increased-wage exempt-dividends distributed to an individual by a corporation or a partnership which is a small business concern (as defined by the Small Business Act). Defines &quot;increased-wage exempt-dividends&quot; as dividends paid by a small business concern that do not exceed the increase in wages paid by the small business concern over wages paid in the preceding taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Sequestration Flexibility Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-816
Sponsor: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2013-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: 
Sequestration Flexibility Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to authorize the head of any federal department or agency to transfer amounts within that department or agency for FY2013 or for FY2014 in order to lessen the effect of a presidential sequestration order for that fiscal year on such entity's program, project, or activity. Prohibits such transfer from causing any account to be at a higher level than it was before such sequestration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House
Department of Justice Global Advisory Committee Authorization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-817
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2013-02-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Criminal justice information and records
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: 
Department of Justice Global Advisory Committee Authorization Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Attorney General to provide technical and financial assistance and support to the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative Advisory Committee. Requires the Committee to: (1) gather views from federal, state, local, and tribal agencies that work to support public safety and justice; (2) recommend to the Attorney General measures to improve the administration of justice and protect the public by promoting practices and technologies for database interoperability and the secure sharing of justice and public safety information between local, state, and tribal governments and the federal government; and (3) report annually on issues considered and recommendations made.
 
Expresses the sense of Congress that state, local, and tribal governments and other relevant entities should use the recommendations developed by the Committee to evaluate, improve, and develop effective strategies and technologies to improve public safety and information sharing.
 
Directs the Attorney General to require any applicant for a funding solicitation from the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the implementation of an information sharing solution to include within the application: (1) how the solution would comply with Committee standards, or (2) the reason for any non-compliance with such standards.
 
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) review the state of information sharing between state, local, and tribal corrections and law enforcement agencies and the federal government; and (2) identify barriers and best practices and assess ways for information sharing to improve the awareness and safety of law enforcement and corrections officials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-821
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Housing finance and home ownership
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: 
Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend the protections against sale, foreclosure, and seizure of certain real or personal property that are applicable to servicemembers to their surviving spouses who are successors in interest to the property. Applies such protections with respect to service-connected deaths for a period of five years after enactment of this Act.
 
Requires each lending institution subject to specified requirements for a maximum 6% rate of interest on a servicemember's debts incurred before military service to designate one of its employees as a compliance officer responsible for: (1) ensuring the institution's compliance with such requirements, and (2) distributing information to servicemembers whose obligations and liabilities are covered by such requirements.
 
Requires such a lending institution that had annual assets for the preceding fiscal year of $10 billion or more to maintain a toll-free telephone number and make it available on its primary Internet website.
 
 Amends the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to extend through 2017 the period of specified protections for servicemembers against mortgage foreclosures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act

Bill: 113-hr-822
Sponsor: Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2013-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Area studies and international education
Earth sciences
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Geography and mapping
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: 
Teaching Geography is Fundamental Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a geography education grant program under title II (Teacher Quality Enhancement).
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award a grant to a national nonprofit educational organization or consortium, with 75% to be used for matching subgrants to institutions of higher education associated with state geographic alliances, nonprofit educational organizations, or state or local educational agencies.
 
Requires program participants to use their grants and subgrants to enhance the geographic literacy of students in kindergarten through grade 12 by supporting specified activities, including: (1) educational research; (2) teacher training; (3) the development of effective teaching tools and learning materials; (4) the application of rigorous academic standards and assessment techniques; (5) comparative studies of world cultures, economies, and environments; and (6) the exchange of information regarding the state of geographic literacy and strategies for its improvement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Space Leadership Preservation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-823
Sponsor: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2013-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Public contracts and procurement
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: 
Space Leadership Preservation Act of 2013 - Establishes a six-year term of office for the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 
 
Prohibits the Deputy Administrator from acting for, and exercising the powers of, the Administrator for a period exceeding 45 days. Requires the Associate Administrator, after such a 45 day period, to exercise the powers of the Administrator until a new Administrator is appointed and confirmed by the Senate. 
 
Establishes a Board of Directors for NASA. 
 
 Sets forth Board membership and appointment criteria. Allows the President to appoint the Administrator and Deputy Administrator from among a list of nominees provided by the Board. 
 
Requires the Board to provide: (1) NASA's proposed annual budget; (2) annual reports on spaceflight infrastructure, unique space capabilities, and the workforce necessary to maintain such infrastructure and capabilities; (3) reports on specific policy matters; and (4) quadrennial reviews of current space programs and a vision for future space exploration. 
 
Authorizes the Administrator to enter into contracts for rocket propulsion systems and manned and unmanned space transportation vehicles and payloads. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2013-02-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Federal Workforce Reduction Through Attrition Act

Bill: 113-hr-824
Sponsor: Rep. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: 
Federal Workforce Reduction Through Attrition Act - Requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to ensure that the total number of federal employees in each calendar quarter after the enactment of this Act does not exceed the applicable maximum for such quarter, as determined under this Act. Sets forth a formula for determining the applicable maximum based upon 90% of the total number of federal employees as of September 30, 2012. 
 
Requires that compliance with such workforce limitation be made through attrition, or through both attrition and a freeze on appointments if the total number of federal employees exceeds the applicable maximum for a quarter. Allows the President to waive such workforce limitation with respect to any individual appointment if the President determines that such appointment is necessary due to: (1) a state of war or for reasons of national security; or (2) an extraordinary emergency threatening life, health, safety, or property. 
 
Requires OMB to continuously monitor all agencies to determine whether the workforce limitation required by this Act has been met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-825
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Public housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: 
Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to exclude as family income for Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) housing assistance purposes any Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) payments made to veterans in need of regular aid and attendance for expenses related to such aid and attendance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Freedom to Fish Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-826
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2013-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams and canals
Hunting and fishing
Lakes and rivers
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: 
Freedom to Fish Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers from taking any action (after August 1, 2012) to establish a restricted area prohibiting public access to waters downstream of a dam owned by the Corps. Requires the Chief to cease implementing any restricted area resulting from such action taken between August 12, 2012, and the date of enactment of this Act and to remove any barriers constructed in connection with that area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in House
Improving SIPC Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-827
Sponsor: Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2013-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Financial services and investments
Judicial review and appeals
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: 
Improving Security for Investors and Providing Closure Act of 2013 or Improving SIPC Act of 2013 - Amends the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970 with respect to any action in a U.S. district court by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) in the event that SIPC refuses to commit funds or otherwise act for the protection of customers of any SIPC member (debtor broker or dealer).
 
Authorizes SIPC, at the time the SEC action initiates such action, to allow all customers of the debtor broker or dealer to elect to receive a one-time payment from the SIPC Fund.
 
Prescribes procedures for such customer election. Limits the amount paid to a customer under such election to the lesser of: (1) the customer's net equity claim against the debtor, and (2) a $500,000 cap on one-time payments.
 
Subrogates SIPC to all rights of the customer receiving a one-time payment against the debtor once the customer recovers an amount equal to the customer's net equity claim against the debtor. 
 
Treats a certificate of deposit (CD) purchased by a person through an account with the debtor as cash deposited and held by the debtor in an amount equal to the amount the person paid for the CD, less any amounts paid to such person on the CD.
 
Permits a person prevented from making an election under this Act because SIPC does not identify such person as a customer of the debtor to challenge that determination in federal district court. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-26
text: Introduced in House