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Defense Base Act Insurance Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2129
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Defense Base Act Insurance Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Defense Base Act (the Act) to require satisfaction through the Government Defense Base Act self-insurance program of insurance and benefits requirements imposed on defense contractors with respect to on-job injuries.
 
Directs the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and Labor to jointly: (1) develop and execute an implementation strategy for a self-insurance program for insurance required by the Act, and (2) report to Congress on such strategy and on the implementation of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2130
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family relationships
Federal-Indian relations
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Prescription drugs
Research administration and funding
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to: (1) increase the availability of treatment for abuse of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy), and phencyclidine (PCP); (2) provide vouchers to individuals in underserved populations for authorized services related to such treatment; and (3) establish programs to provide for and coordinate the provision of wrap-around services, such as medical services, job training services, and housing assistance, to individuals re-entering the community after successfully receiving treatment for abuse of such substances.
 
Revises the grant program to provide residential substance abuse treatment to pregnant and postpartum women to: (1) make caregiver parents eligible for such program, (2) make Indian tribes and tribal organizations eligible for grants, and (3) set forth the priority for allocation of grants.
 
Requires the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse to conduct research on the effectiveness of the use of agonist and antagonist drugs to reduce the problems associated with stimulant abuse, including cocaine and methamphetamine abuse.
 
Requires the Secretary to seek to enter into a contract with the Institute of Medicine to complete a literature review on the effectiveness of agonist and antagonist drugs for the treatment of stimulant abuse, including cocaine and methamphetamine abuse.
 
Requires the Comptroller General to study: (1) the impact of the programs authorized by this Act on the effectiveness and availability of treatment for abuse of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, and phencyclidine; (2) how the level of federal funding available for such treatment compares to the amount necessary to provide adequate treatment; and (3) the impact of effective treatment on cost savings due to the reduced need for criminal justice and other services.
 
 Declares that this Act shall not be construed to increase the amount of appropriations that are authorized to be approved for any fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Back to Work Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2133
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Disability and paralysis
Employee hiring
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Veterans Back to Work Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for hiring qualified veterans (veterans receiving compensation for a service-connected disability and other federal assistance), and (2) allow employers who hire qualified veterans an exemption from employment and railroad retirement taxes for such veterans' first-year wages. Appropriates amounts to the Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to cover any revenue loss to such Funds resulting from this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Charitable Pension Flexibility Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2134
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Charitable Pension Flexibility Act of 2013 - Amends the Pension Protection Act of 2006, as amended by the Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010, to allow the sponsor of a multiple-employer defined benefit pension plan to elect for a plan to cease to be treated as an eligible charity plan for plan years beginning after December 31, 2013. Permits revocation of such an election, however, only with the consent of the Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
Allows a plan sponsor also to elect to apply specified requirements with respect to the shortfall amortization base in minimum funding standards for such plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2135
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care quality
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Cardiac Arrest Survival Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to expand immunity from civil liability related to automated external defibrillator devices (AEDs), including by giving immunity to: (1) a person who owns, occupies, or manages the premises from which an AED is taken or at which an AED is used or attempted to be used on a victim of a perceived medical emergency; and (2) the owner-acquirer of an AED for any harm resulting from the use or attempted use of such device, unless the harm was proximately caused by the failure of the owner-acquirer to properly maintain the device according to the guidelines of the device manufacturer. Applies immunity regardless of whether: (1) the AED is marked with cautionary signage or registered with any government; or (2) the person who used or attempted to use the AED complied with such signage, had received training on such use, or was assisted or supervised by any other person, including a licensed physician.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Credit Availability Act

Bill: 113-hr-2136
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Small Business Credit Availability Act - Amends the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) to exclude from the meaning of financial entity any small bank, savings association, farm credit system institution, non-profit cooperative lender controlled by electric cooperatives, or credit union if the aggregate uncollateralized outward exposure plus aggregate potential outward exposure of the entity with respect to its swaps does not exceed $1 billion. (Thus exempts such entities from the clearing requirement.)
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Hurricane Sandy Tax Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2137
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Charitable contributions
Connecticut
Disaster relief and insurance
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Low- and moderate-income housing
Natural disasters
New Jersey
New York City
New York State
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public utilities and utility rates
Rhode Island
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Hurricane Sandy Tax Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax benefits for individuals and businesses affected by Hurricane Sandy, including:
 
 
 an exemption from the gross income limitation for deducting casualty losses attributable to Hurricane Sandy;
 
 expensing allowances for Hurricane Sandy disaster expenses, disaster assistance property, and environmental remediation expenses;
 
 treatment of losses attributable to Hurricane Sandy as net operating losses;
 
 suspension of mortgage revenue bond requirements for residences located in the Hurricane Sandy disaster area;
 
 an increased charitable tax deduction for Hurricane Sandy disaster relief contributions; 
 
a special allocation of the new markets tax credit for investments in community development entities serving the disaster area; 
 
special adjustments to the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit for individuals living in the disaster area; 
 
a work opportunity tax credit for hiring employees residing in the Hurricane Sandy disaster area; 
 
authorization for issuance of Hurricane Sandy bonds to finance disaster relief projects; 
 
an additional allocation of low-income housing credits in states affected by Hurricane Sandy; and
 
an exemption from the 10% penalty for premature distributions from a retirement plan to individuals residing in the Hurricane Sandy disaster area. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Ending VA Claims Disability Backlog and Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-2138
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Performance measurement
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Ending VA Claims Disability Backlog and Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement the Strategic Plan to Eliminate the Compensation Claims Backlog (Plan) to ensure that, by Memorial Day (May 25) 2015, each VA disability claim is approved or denied within 125 days after its submission, with an accuracy rate of 98%. Requires a supplemental report from the Secretary to Congress on specific measures to assess implementation of the Plan and a detailed timeline to implement each initiative contained in the Plan.
 
Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements with the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to ensure that such Commissioner and DOD Secretary transfer to the VA disability or medical records the VA Secretary will use to evaluate a disability claim by not later than 30 days after the VA Secretary requests such records. 
 
Requires the two Secretaries to submit to Congress, and implement, a plan to reduce to 30 days the time needed to provide members of the National Guard and the VA Secretary with the medical records of such members.
 
Requires the VA Secretary to establish a three-year training program for newly-hired VA claims processors.
 
Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress every 90 days on the Secretary's progress in implementing the Plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
GSP UPDATE Act

Bill: 113-hr-2139
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
GSP Update for Production Diversification and Trade Enhancement Act or GSP UPDATE Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize the President to designate certain luggage and travel articles as eligible for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2140
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-31]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Federal Reserve System
Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Insurance Capital and Accounting Standards Act of 2013 - Amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank) and the Home Owners' Loan Act to make minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements governing insurance companies under the state law also apply to insurance companies that are either depository holding companies or subsidiaries of depository holding companies.
 
Presumes any insurance company, insurance affiliate, or insurance subsidiary in compliance with applicable risk-based capital standards under state law also to be in compliance with minimum capital requirements of Dodd-Frank.
 
Declares inapplicable to such companies the minimum leverage and risk-based capital requirements of Dodd-Frank unless the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) first determines that: (1) the benefits of applying those requirements outweigh their cost, and (2) a quantitative impact study shows such requirements to be appropriate.
 
Prohibits the Board from requiring a nonbank financial company that is an insurance company under its supervision to comply with accounting standards that differ from regulatory accounting standards under state law.
 
Amends the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) to require a federal banking agency, before requiring a depository institution holding company that is an insurance company (or that has one or more subsidiaries that are insurance companies) to be used directly or indirectly as a source of financial strength for a subsidiary depository institution, to first obtain: (1) the consent of the domiciliary state insurance commissioner, and (2) a certification that the commissioner considered the safety and soundness of the insurance company or subsidiary insurance company before providing such consent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Head Start teachers the same above-the-line deduction for supplies as is allowed to elementary and secondary school teachers.

Bill: 113-hr-2141
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child health
Family services
Income tax deductions
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to define a teacher who works in a Head Start program for at least 700 hours during a school year as an eligible educator for purposes of the tax deduction for educational supplies (books, computer equipment, and other equipment and supplementary materials used in the classroom).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
REVAMP Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2142
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Housing and community development funding
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Renovate and Enhance Veterans' Meeting Halls and Posts Act of 2013 or REVAMP Act of 2013 - Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible veterans service organizations for repairs and rehabilitation of their existing facilities.
 
Defines &quot;eligible veterans service organization&quot; as: (1) a tax-exempt entity organized on a local or area basis; and (2) a local or area chapter, post, or other unit of a national, regional, statewide, or other larger entity of which local or area chapters, posts, or units are members (but not any such national, regional, statewide, or other larger entity itself).
 
 Prohibits an eligible veterans service organization from receiving such grant amounts, for any single fiscal year, in an amount exceeding the lesser of the cost of the proposed repair or rehabilitation or $200,000.
 
Makes a grant recipient ineligible to receive another such grant until after five succeeding fiscal years.
 
Prohibits the use of such grants for construction or acquisition of a new facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House