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Employee Hardship Financial Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1643
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax exclusion
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Employee Hardship Financial Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit federal employees who are furloughed due to sequestration to make penalty-free distributions from their Thrift Savings Account Fund but only to the extent that such distributions do not exceed the aggregate reduction in compensation of such employees resulting from such furlough.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
To impose a limitation on the maximum amount of crop insurance premiums paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, to repeal the authority to provide direct payments for producers of certain major agricultural commodities and peanuts, to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from making payments to the Brazilian Cotton Institute, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-1644
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural trade
Brazil
Foreign aid and international relief
Latin America

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to prohibit the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) from paying more than 70% of the premium for any coverage, policy, or plan of insurance. 
 
Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to end agricultural direct payments. (Continues such payments through crop year 2013 for covered commodities and peanuts.)
 
Prohibits the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) from making payments, either directly or through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), to the Brazilian Cotton Institute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Credit Union Act to provide an exception from the member business loan cap for loans made to aid in the recovery from a disaster.

Bill: 113-hr-1646
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Credit and credit markets
Disaster relief and insurance
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
 Amends the Federal Credit Union Act to exempt from the limit on member business loans those that are: (1) used to aid in the recovery from a major disaster declared under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and (2) made within five years after such a declaration.
 
Directs the National Credit Union Administration Board to issue regulations defining when an extension of credit aids in the recovery from a disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E499)
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes Assurance Program Verification Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1647
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Great Lakes
Illinois
Indiana
Lakes and rivers
Michigan
Minnesota
New York State
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Water quality
Watersheds
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Great Lakes Assurance Program Verification Act of 2013 - Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), in consultation with the Great Lakes States, to establish a Great Lakes basin initiative for agricultural non-point source pollution prevention.
 
Gives funding priority to producers that participate in a state verification program.
 
Defines &quot;Great Lakes State&quot; as Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1649
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Legal fees and court costs
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Personnel records
Pollution liability
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act of 2013 - Prohibits an employer from discharging, discriminating, or engaging in retaliatory actions against specified employees who report to a government official any violation or unsafe condition under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
 
Sets forth procedures for the filing, investigation, and adjudication of a complaint regarding such retaliation.
 
Requires employers to: (1) post a notice approved by the Secretary of Labor explaining employee rights and remedies under this Act in a conspicuous location in the place of employment where employees frequent; (2) provide training to employees about their rights under this Act within 30 days of employment, and at least once every 12 months thereafter; and (3) provide employees with a card containing a toll free telephone number at the Department of Labor to get information or file a complaint under this Act.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor, within 30 days after enactment of this Act, to designate agency officials to receive, investigate, and adjudicate complaints concerning violations under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1650
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Arms control and nonproliferation
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
International law and treaties
Military operations and strategy
Nuclear weapons
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act of 2013 - Requires the government: (1) to provide leadership to negotiate and enter into a multilateral treaty or other international agreement that provides for the dismantlement and elimination, under strict international control, of all nuclear weapons in every country by 2020; (2) once the President certifies that all countries have eliminated such weapons or begun such elimination under established legal requirements, to redirect resources that are being used for nuclear weapons programs to addressing human and infrastructure needs and to converting nuclear weapons industry employees, processes, plants, and programs to constructive, ecologically beneficial peacetime activities; (3) to undertake efforts to eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military operations; and (4) to promote policies to induce all other countries to join in such commitments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2013-04-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E499)
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Fort Sumner Project Title Conveyance Act

Bill: 113-hr-1651
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Land transfers
New Mexico
Public contracts and procurement
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Fort Sumner Project Title Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Fort Sumner Irrigation District, located in De Baca County, New Mexico, all works, land, and facilities of the Fort Sumner reclamation project in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement between the United States and the Fort Sumner Irrigation District Concerning Principles and Elements of Proposed Transfer of Title to Fort Sumner Irrigation District Facilities. 
 
Requires the Secretary, before carrying out such conveyance, to assure compliance with all applicable requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and any other law applicable to the property conveyed. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress if such conveyance isn't completed within two years after such requirements are met. 
 
Terminates, on the date of such conveyance: (1) U.S. interest in and responsibility for the project and liability relating to the conveyed property; (2) a specified repayment contract between the United States and the District dated November 5, 1948; and (3) a specified payment obligation of the United States under the contract between the United States and the District for the forbearance of exercising priority water rights, dated August 21, 2009. Provides that all other terms of such forbearance agreement shall remain in effect for not less than 10 years after this Act's enactment.
 
Provides that after conveyance of title under this Act: (1) the conveyed property shall not be considered to be a part of a federal reclamation project; and (2) the entity to which the property is conveyed shall not be eligible to receive any benefits, including federal project power, with respect to the conveyed property, except for benefits that would be available to a similarly situated entity with respect to property that is not part of a federal reclamation project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1652
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government liability
Legal fees and court costs
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Student Non-Discrimination Act of 2013 - Prohibits public school students from being excluded from participating in, or subject to discrimination under, any federally-assisted educational program on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or that of their associates.
 
Considers harassment to be a form of discrimination.
 
Prohibits retaliation against anyone for opposing conduct they reasonably believe to be unlawful under this Act.
 
Authorizes federal departments and agencies to enforce these prohibitions by cutting off the educational assistance of recipients found to be violating them.
 
Allows an aggrieved individual to assert a violation of this Act in a judicial proceeding and recover reasonable attorney's fees should they prevail.
 
Deems a state's receipt of federal educational assistance for a program to constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity for conduct prohibited under this Act regarding such program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Pro Football Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 113-hr-1653
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Professional sports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Pro Football Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 50,000 $5-gold coins, 400,000 $1-silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar coins emblematic of the game of professional football. 
 
 Requires all sales of such coins to include specified surcharges, which shall be paid by the Secretary to the Pro Football Hall of Fame to help finance the construction of a new building and the renovation of existing Pro Football Hall of Fame facilities. 
 Directs the Secretary to ensure that: (1) minting and issuing such coins will not result in any net cost to the government, and (2) no proceeds are disbursed until the total cost of designing and issuing such coins is recovered by the Treasury.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Military Overseas Ballot Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-1655
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Military personnel and dependents
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Military Overseas Ballot Protection Act - Amends the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to prohibit a state from certifying the results of a regularly scheduled election for federal office until it has counted all valid ballots of absent servicemember voters collected by the presidential designee and delivered to the appropriate state election officials.
 
Allows a state to certify such results on the later of ten days after such election or the date provided under state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the employment services provided under that Act.

Bill: 113-hr-1656
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Northern Mariana Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Amends the Wagner-Peyser Act to include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Department of Labor's program of providing public employment services through a one-stop services delivery system.
 
Directs the Secretary of Labor to allot to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands an amount equal to the allotment percentage Guam received for employment services under the Act in FY1983.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E497-498)
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to improve the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Bill: 113-hr-1657
Sponsor: Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to make eligible for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) households in which each member receives cash assistance under the temporary assistance to needy families program (TANF), cash assistance under the supplemental security income program (SSI), or aid to the aged, blind, or disabled program (AABD). (Current law bases categorical SNAP eligibility upon state benefits received rather than such assistance.) 
 
Requires an eligible household that previously received SNAP benefits and applies for program reenrollment to complete a new application and verify that household income and assets are in program compliance. 
 
Limits the employment requirement waiver to areas with an unemployment rate over 10%.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to develop a centralized database to facilitate USDA-state agency cooperation in order to ensure that individuals do not enroll for benefits in more than one state.
 
Requires states that are sanctioned for three consecutive years of improper payments to pay the entire liability amount, with no alternative payment option available.
 
Eliminates: (1) the exclusion of low-income home energy assistance from SNAP household income determinations, (2) funding of employment and training programs, and (3) bonuses for states with low SNAP allocation error rates. 
 
Provides funding for state nutrition and obesity prevention grant programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Native American Indian Education Act

Bill: 113-hr-1658
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Appropriations
Education programs funding
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Native American Indian Education Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to pay four-year Native American-serving nontribal institutions of higher education the out-of-state tuition of their Indian students if those schools are required to provide a tuition-free education, with the support of their state, to Indian students in fulfillment of a condition under which the college or state received its original grant of land and facilities from the federal government.
 
Limits that payment each fiscal year to the institution's total out-of-state tuition for Indian students in academic year 2012-2013.
 
Treats such payments as reimbursements to such institutions from their states.
 
Rescinds unobligated discretionary appropriations to offset the costs of this program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1659
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy efficiency and conservation
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: 
Federal Buildings Energy Savings Act of 2013 - Amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to direct each federal agency to implement requirements for the use of energy and water efficiency measures in federal buildings through private financing instead of appropriations, unless: (1) to do so conflicts with the primary mission of the agency or facility, or (2) if greater cost savings can be generated under a different program.
 
Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to direct agencies to include in energy savings performance contracts appropriate termination clauses for facilities that will or may close before the end of a contract's term.
 
Includes as an &quot;energy or water conservation measure&quot; under such Act a measure to support the use of electric vehicles or the fueling or charging infrastructure necessary for such vehicles. Includes measures to finance the acquisition or use of such vehicles or their fueling infrastructure among energy efficiency, water conservation, or electricity demand management programs in which agencies are authorized and encouraged to participate. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-18
text: Introduced in House