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21st Century Global Health Technology Act

Bill: 113-hr-1515
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2013-04-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Child health
Foreign aid and international relief
HIV/AIDS
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Product development and innovation
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Women's health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: 
21st Century Global Health Technology Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) a program to develop technologies designed to: (1) improve the health and nutrition of populations in developing countries; (2) reduce maternal, newborn, and child mortality in such countries; and (3) improve the diagnosis, prevention, and reduction of disease, especially HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and other infectious diseases in such countries. 
 
States that such program shall: (1) be carried out under a cooperative agreement between USAID and one or more institutions with a successful record of advancing the technologies described in this Act and integrating practical field experience into the research and development process, and (2) codify the Health Technologies program under which USAID supports the development of technologies for global health. 
 
States that USAID's Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact shall continue its work to speed the development, introduction, and scale-up of priority global health interventions.
 
Directs USAID to report annually to Congress on USAID research and development activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Introduced in House
Coast Guard Academy Opportunity Act

Bill: 113-hr-1516
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Marine and inland water transportation
Members of Congress
Military education and training
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: 
Coast Guard Academy Opportunity Act - Modifies the Coast Guard Academy cadet nomination process by requiring that half of each incoming class be composed of cadets nominated by: (1) the Vice President or, if there is no Vice President, the President pro tempore of the Senate; (2) a Senator; (3) a Member of the House of Representatives; and (4) the various delegates to Congress, including the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. Entitles each Senator, House Member, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner to nominate three persons each year.
 
Requires nominees to be citizens or nationals of the United States and meet any minimum requirements established by the Secretary of the respective department in which the Coast Guard is operating.
 
Directs the Superintendent of the Academy to furnish any Member of Congress, upon written request, the name of the nominating authority responsible for the nomination of any named or identified person for appointment to the Academy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E425)
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Introduced in House
Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act

Bill: 113-hr-1517
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2013-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: 
Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to establish in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund a Social Security Surplus Protection Account to hold the Social Security surplus for the fiscal year of the sum of Social Security taxes collected, as well as the aggregate increase in certain tax liabilities, over the sum of benefits paid.
 
Establishes in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund a Medicare Surplus Protection Account to hold amounts equivalent to the Medicare part A surplus for the fiscal year of the sum of hospital insurance taxes collected over the sum of Medicare part A benefits paid.
 
Denies the availability of the balance in either Account for investment by the Managing Trustee.
 
Establishes in the executive branch a Social Security and Medicare Part A Investment Commission to study the most effective vehicles for investment of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (other than investment in the form of U.S. obligations resulting in the transfer of Trust Fund assets to the general fund of the Treasury).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.

Bill: 113-hr-1519
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Provides for the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Introduced in House
POW/MIA Accounting and Recovery Support Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1520
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
POW/MIA Accounting and Recovery Support Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to allow DOD civilian employees who are required to take a furlough that would otherwise occur during their deployment in support of accounting and recovery efforts by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command to take such furlough after returning from the deployment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans Red Tape Reduction Act

Bill: 113-hr-1521
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Health personnel
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Disabled Veterans Red Tape Reduction Act - Amends the Veterans Benefits Act of 2003 to extend through 2018 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) authority for the performance of medical disability evaluations by contract physicians.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2148)
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Manufacturing Economic Recovery Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1522
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic development
Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Manufacturing Economic Recovery Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow: (1) a manufacturing recovery tax credit for investment in manufacturing real and tangible personal property used in the United States, including an increased credit for manufacturing property located in an economically disadvantaged area and an extremely economically disadvantaged area; (2) an additional investment tax credit for manufacturing property; and (3) a work opportunity tax credit for hiring an employee in a manufacturing facility located in the United States (manufacturing recovery employee), including an increased credit for hiring individuals receiving unemployment compensation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1523
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2013 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide that provisions of such Act related to marihuana shall not apply to any person acting in compliance with state laws relating to the production, possession, distribution, dispensation, administration, or delivery of marihuana.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Make it in America: Create Clean Energy Manufacturing Jobs in America Act

Bill: 113-hr-1524
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Buy American requirements
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental technology
Income tax credits
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Make it in America: Create Clean Energy Manufacturing Jobs in America Act - Authorizes federal acquisition of, or the provision of federal funds to states for purchase of, only green technologies that are 85% manufactured in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies that are 85% grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States. Provides that such percentage shall be 50% in the first fiscal year after enactment and 60% in the second fiscal year. 
 
Defines "green technologies" to mean renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services that: (1) reduce dependence on unreliable sources of energy by encouraging the use of sustainable biomass, wind, small-scale hydroelectric, solar, geothermal, and other renewable energy and energy efficiency products and services; and (2) use hybrid fossil-renewable energy systems.
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit treating any facility originally placed in service after the enactment of this Act as a qualified facility for purposes of the renewable energy production and investment tax credits unless such facility is 85% manufactured in the United States from articles, materials, or supplies that are 85% grown, produced, or manufactured in the United States. Provides that such percentage shall be 50% for a facility placed in service during 2013, and 60% for a facility placed in service during 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Interest Deduction Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1527
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Student Loan Interest Deduction Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the maximum tax deduction for interest paid on any qualified education loan to $5,000 ($10,000 for married couples filing a joint tax return), and (2) repeal the limitation on such deduction based upon modified adjusted gross income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Student Aid Expansion Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1529
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Student Aid Expansion Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to exempt interest-free private education loans that are provided and administered by a state and eligible for complete forgiveness under conditions determined by that state from rules and regulations applicable to preferred lender arrangements between lenders and institutions of higher education (IHE) or IHE-affiliated organizations. (Preferred lender arrangements must comply with certain requirements designed to protect students' best interests when schools choose preferred lenders and recommend, promote, or endorse their loans.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2494)
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Opportunity KNOCKS Act

Bill: 113-hr-1530
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Higher education
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Opportunity Kindling New Options for Career and Knowledge Seekers Act or Opportunity KNOCKS Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to deem approved by the Secretary of Labor any state laws that provide unemployment compensation to an individual for any week while in training, including: (1) any program on a state's eligible training provider list developed under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, or (2) any coursework necessary to attain a recognized postsecondary credential if that individual is likely to exhaust his or her regular unemployment compensation.
 
Defines &quot;recognized postsecondary credential&quot; as a credential consisting of an industry-recognized certificate, a certificate of completion of an apprenticeship, or an associate or baccalaureate degree.
 
Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 and the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to authorize a state unemployment compensation agency to elect to approve job training or educational programs for purposes of an individual receiving extended or emergency unemployment compensation while in training. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1531
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Breast Cancer Patient Protect Act of 2013 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group or individual health plan that provides medical and surgical benefits to ensure that inpatient (and in the case of a lumpectomy, outpatient) coverage and radiation therapy are provided for breast cancer treatment. Prohibits such a plan from: (1) restricting benefits for any hospital length of stay to less than 48 hours in connection with a mastectomy or breast conserving surgery or 24 hours in connection with a lymph node dissection, insofar as the attending physician, in consultation with the patient, determines such stay to be medically necessary; or (2) requiring that a provider obtain authorization from the plan for prescribing any such length of stay.
 
Requires such a plan to: (1) provide notice to each participant and beneficiary regarding the coverage required under this Act, and (2) ensure that coverage is provided for secondary consultations.
 
Prohibits a health plan from taking specified actions to avoid the requirements of this Act. 
 
Allows a health insurance issuer that provides individual health insurance coverage to nonrenew or discontinue an individual's coverage based on the intentional concealment of material facts regarding a health condition related to the condition for which coverage is being claimed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
Autofill Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1532
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2013-04-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Department of the Treasury
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: 
Autofill Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) establish a program to allow taxpayers to download income tax forms that are populated with tax return information (e.g., wages, withholding, and self-employment income) previously reported to the Secretary for the taxable year; (2) establish standards for data download to tax preparation software; and (3) provide on the website of the Department of the Treasury a secure function that allows a taxpayer to download, as both a printable document file and in a form suitable for input to automatic tax preparation software, the 1040, 1040A, and 1040EZ forms that are populated with tax return information previously reported to the Secretary. Establishes deadlines for reporting tax return information to the Secretary and for making such information available for populating tax returns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Introduced in House