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To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on portions of the Outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of New Jersey.

Bill: 113-hr-1011
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Land transfers
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
New Jersey
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing a lease, permit, or license for oil exploration or extraction from specified submerged Outer Continental Shelf lands located within 125 miles of the coast of New Jersey, including areas with respect to which a moratorium on oil and gas leasing activities existed before enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Discretionary Spending Reduction Act

Bill: 113-hr-1013
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Discretionary Spending Reduction Act - Makes 1% across-the-board rescissions in discretionary spending for FY2013-FY2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide that military technicians (dual status) shall be included in military personnel accounts for purposes of any order issued under that Act.

Bill: 113-hr-1014
Sponsor: Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to include military technicians (dual status) in military personnel accounts for purposes of any sequestration order issued by the President after January 1, 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1015
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Hereditary and development disorders
Medicare
Neurological disorders
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Huntington's Disease Parity Act of 2013 - Directs the Commissioner of Social Security, for purposes of determining cognitive, behavioral, and physical disability under titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA), to amend specified Listings of Impairments by providing medical and evaluation criteria for Huntington's Disease. 
 
Amends SSA title II to waive the 24-month waiting period for coverage under the Medicare program for individuals diagnosed with Huntington's Disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Community Post Office Relocation Act

Bill: 113-hr-1016
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Community Post Office Relocation Act - Authorizes the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to sell, at fair market value, to certain tax-exempt private organizations fee simple title to USPS-owned post office buildings containing an office subject to relocation.
 
Requires such tax-exempt private organizations, in order to be considered an eligible buyer, to have operated primarily within the geographic area served by the relevant post office building for at least five years prior to a USPS announcement that the building will be available for sale.
 
Sets forth a procedure for the USPS to enter negotiations with eligible buyers in the order in which buyers submit their offers. Directs the USPS to sell such a building to the first organization submitting an offer for fair market value if all other relevant conditions are met within specified time periods.
 
Permits the USPS, after the sale of a building under this Act, to lease the building from the buyer at fair market value for purposes of operating a post office.
 
Requires the USPS, if a buyer under this Act makes the building available for sale, to maintain a right of first refusal to purchase the building back from the buyer at the lesser of fair market value or the purchase price plus any improvements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
American Land Act

Bill: 113-hr-1017
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
American Land Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), for FY2013-FY2017, to offer for competitive sale by auction 8% of the federal lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and 8% of the National Forest System lands. 
 
Requires the lands to be sold to be configured so as to maximize their marketability or to achieve management objectives. 
 
Permits either Secretary to include the mineral rights in a sale of land under this Act for not more than 50% of the total acreage sold, if such inclusion is likely to maximize that land's marketability. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
To clarify the application of certain Federal laws relating to elections in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands.

Bill: 113-hr-1018
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Guam
Intergovernmental relations
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply it specifically to American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, or the United States Virgin Islands.
 
Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to cover these same territories plus the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
 
Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to cover the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
 
Applies to such jurisdictions specified criminal penalties relating to the intimidation of voters, interference by government employees, and voting by aliens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E247-248)
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Health Insurance Rate Review Act

Bill: 113-hr-1019
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Disability and health-based discrimination
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Health Insurance Rate Review Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to declare that federal requirements that the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) review unreasonable premium increases in health care coverage shall not be construed to prohibit a state from imposing additional rate requirements on health insurance issuers that are more protective of consumers. Expands such review to include all rate increases, not only premium increases.
 
Directs the Secretary or the relevant state insurance commissioner (or state regulator) to take corrective actions to ensure that any excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory rates are corrected before, or as soon as possible after, implementation, including through mechanisms such as denying rates, modifying rates, or requiring rebates to consumers. Authorizes civil monetary penalties and ineligibility as a qualified health plan for failing to comply with any corrective action taken by the Secretary.
 
Requires the Secretary to determine whether the state insurance commissioner or regulator or the Secretary will undertake such corrective actions based on whether the state can adequately undertake such actions.
 
 Applies this Act to health plans grandfathered under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1020
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Customs enforcement
Economic performance and conditions
Inflation and prices
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Low Value Shipment Regulatory Modernization Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States Trade Representative (USTR) should encourage other countries, through bilateral, regional, and multilateral fora, to establish commercially meaningful de minimis values for express and postal shipments of articles that are exempt from customs duties and certain entry documentation requirements, as appropriate.
 
Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase from $200 to $800 for 2014, and to $800 adjusted annually for inflation after 2014, the aggregate retail value in the country of shipment of articles that may be imported duty-free into the United States by one person on one day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
LAND Act

Bill: 113-hr-1021
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Forests, forestry, trees
General public lands matters
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: 
Land Acquisition to cut National Debt Act or LAND Act - Bars the Secretary of the Interior from using federal funding to purchase land resulting in a net increase of land acreage being under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service (NPS), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), or the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) unless the federal budget is balanced for the year in which such land would be purchased. 
 
Makes such prohibition inapplicable to: (1) lands purchased with funding made available through the sale of Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps, and (2) easements acquired by the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the management of federal lands. 
 
Bars the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from using federal funding to purchase land resulting in a net increase of land acreage included in the National Forest System unless the federal budget is balanced for the year in which that land would be purchased. Makes such prohibition inapplicable to easements acquired by the USDA Secretary to facilitate the management of federal lands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio Carreno Rojas.

Bill: 113-hr-1023
Sponsor: Rep. Pelosi, Nancy [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2013-03-06 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Provides for the relief of Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio Carreno Rojas.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-06
text: Introduced in House
Medication Therapy Management Empowerment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1024
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2013-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: 
Medication Therapy Management Empowerment Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide access to services under medication therapy management programs for Medicare part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Program) eligible individuals with a single chronic disease.
 
Allows the application of this Act only if the Chief Actuary for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services determines that such application with regard to a particular single chronic disease is not projected to increase overall costs to the Medicare program over the following five year period.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area Act

Bill: 113-hr-1025
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2013-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
California
Land use and conservation
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: 
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area Act - Establishes the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area within Napa, Lake, Mendocino, Solano, and Yolo Counties in California. 
 
 States that the purpose of the Conservation Area is the conservation, protection, and enhancement of the ecological, scenic, wildlife, recreational, cultural, historical, natural, educational, and scientific resources of the lands included in the Area for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations. 
 
Continues to provide historical and adequate access to private inholdings in the Conservation Area. 
 
Allows only those uses of the Conservation Area that would further the purposes for which it is established. 
 
Requires a comprehensive plan for the protection and management of the federal lands included within the Conservation Area. Requires such plan to: (1) assess the impacts of climate change, (2) include a comprehensive weed management strategy, and (3) include a plan to address the public safety and environmental clean-up issues associated with illegal marijuana production. 
 
Permits grazing in the Conservation Area: (1) to continue, if established before this Act's enactment; (2) if not established before enactment, only to the extent that it is consistent with the purposes of the conservation area; or (3) through issuing annual targeted permits for the control of noxious weeds, fire suppression, or to provide other ecological benefits. 
 
Establishes the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area Advisory Council to advise with respect to the preparation and implementation of the management plan. Requires the appointment of one Council member to represent Native American Tribes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
To exempt certain class A CDL drivers from the requirement to obtain a hazardous material endorsement while operating a service vehicle with a fuel tank containing 3,785 liters (1,000 gallons) or less of diesel fuel.

Bill: 113-hr-1026
Sponsor: Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2013-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: General agriculture matters
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to exempt from the requirement to obtain a hazardous material (hazmat) endorsement all class A commercial driver's license (CDL) holders who are custom harvesters, agricultural retailers, agricultural business employees, agricultural cooperative employees, or agricultural producers who operate a service vehicle with a fuel tank containing 3,785 liters (1,000) gallons or less of diesel fuel if the tank is clearly marked with a placard reading &quot;Diesel Fuel.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
End Unnecessary Borrowing Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1028
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2013-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: 
End Unnecessary Borrowing Act of 2013 - Amends the National Housing Act with respect to the requirement that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) endeavor to ensure that the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund attains a capital ratio of not less than 2% within 10 years after enactment of that requirement (November 5, 1990) and to ensure that the Fund maintains at least that capital ratio at all times thereafter.
 
Prohibits these requirements from being construed to authorize or require the Secretary to borrow any amounts to comply with the capital ratio requirement.
 
Limits the use of any authority of the Secretary to borrow from the Treasury for the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund only to the extent necessary to pay claims on mortgage insurance that is an obligation of such Fund.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
No Loopholes in Social Security Taxes Act

Bill: 113-hr-1029
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: 
No Loopholes in Social Security Taxes Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply employment and self-employment taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-07
text: Introduced in House