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To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide assistance for condominiums and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-2887
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Cooperative and condominium housing
Disaster relief and insurance
Housing and community development funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include a condominium or housing cooperative association as an &quot;individual&quot; or &quot;household&quot; for purposes of the provision of federal disaster assistance (thus authorizing assistance for condominiums and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster).
 
Requires the President to determine the maximum amount of assistance that any such association may receive under such Act for a single disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Obstetric Fistula Prevention, Treatment, Hope, and Dignity Restoration Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2888
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Sex and reproductive health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Obstetric Fistula Prevention, Treatment, Hope, and Dignity Restoration Act of 2013 - Authorizes the President to provide assistance, including through international organizations, national governments, and international and local nongovernmental organizations, to address the social and health issues that lead to obstetric fistula and support treatment of obstetric fistula.
 
Requires such assistance to promote the coordination facilitated by the International Obstetric Fistula Working Group.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1175)
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Local Jobs for America Act

Bill: 113-hr-2889
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Fires
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Minority education
Preschool education
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Local Jobs for America Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) of the Department of Labor, to provide for the allotment of funds to states, local government units, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through the retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities. Makes appropriations for this program.
 
Prohibits the hiring of an individual for a position funded under this Act if: (1) it results in the layoff or partial displacement of an existing employee of a unit or organization, or (2) such individual will perform the same or substantially similar work that was performed by the previous employee of the unit or organization.
 
Makes appropriations to: (1) the Department of Education for an Education Jobs Fund, (2) the Department of Justice for community oriented policing services, (3) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for firefighter assistance grants, and (4) the Department of Labor for ETA for on-the-job training and employment services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Incentives for Business and Individual Investment Act

Bill: 113-hr-2890
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
District of Columbia
Economic development
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Securities
State and local finance
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
District of Columbia Incentives for Business and Individual Investment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax incentives for investment in the District of Columbia, to: (1) reauthorize provisions for designating a District of Columbia Enterprise Zone and extend the deadline for such designation until December 31, 2015; (2) reauthorize the issuance authority for District of Columbia tax-exempt economic development bonds and extend until December 31, 2015, the deadline for issuing such bonds; (3) extend through 2014 the period for acquiring DC Zone assets (i.e., DC Zone business stock, partnership interests, and business property) eligible for an exemption from capital gains tax and through 2020 the period during which gain from the sale of such assets shall qualify for such exemption; and (4) extend through December 31, 2014, the deadline for purchasing a residence in the District of Columbia to qualify for the first-time District of Columbia homebuyers tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1173-1174)
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Medical Waste Management Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2891
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Canada
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health technology, devices, supplies
International organizations and cooperation
Licensing and registrations
Solid waste and recycling
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Medical Waste Management Act of 2013 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to: (1) revise the definition of "medical waste"; (2) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate regulations listing types of medical waste; and (3) require the Administrator to conduct a medical waste management program to protect human health and the environment from medical waste and promulgate regulations on tracking, labeling, packaging, storing, handling, monitoring, and disposing of medical waste.
 
Requires generators of medical waste (including tattoo and body art establishments) to: (1) provide waste transporters with written assurance that the generator has complied with labeling, packaging, and storage requirements and a manifest form for transporting such waste; (2) register with the Administrator; and (3) provide the Administrator with the names of all waste transporters. Requires transporters to: (1) not accept medical waste from a generator without receiving such assurance, (2) register with the Administrator, and (3) disclose to the Administrator the number and type of vehicles used to transport medical waste and the equipment and methods used to ensure segregation and handling of such waste. Requires owners or operators of storage and disposal facilities to: (1) provide notice of the disposal of medical waste to the generator, and (2) register with the Administrator. 
 
Sets forth provisions concerning inspections, public records, and enforcement under this Act.
 
Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish a program to educate the public about, and increase access to, acceptable methods for disposal of used syringes; (2) study and report on medical waste generated and its management and disposal; and (3) consult with the International Joint Commission on tracking medical waste entering the United States from Canada.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Clarification Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2892
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Financial services and investments
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
 Fair Debt Collection Practices Technical Clarification Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exclude from the definition of &quot;debt collector&quot; any law firm or licensed attorney: (1) serving, filing, or conveying formal legal pleadings, discovery requests, or other documents pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure; or (2) communicating in, or at the direction of, a court of law or in depositions or settlement conferences, in connection with a pending legal action to collect a debt on behalf of a client. 

 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
No Health Care for Life for Congress Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2894
Sponsor: Rep. Ribble, Reid J. [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
No Health Care for Life for Congress Act of 2013 - Discontinues eligibility of former Members of Congress for enrollment and continued coverage for them or their dependents in a health benefits plan under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) if the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is repealed.
 
Applies this requirement only to coverage derived by virtue of service as a former Member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Accessibility Act

Bill: 113-hr-2895
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Student Loan Accessibility Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the 3.4% interest rate on Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2013, to Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2014.
 
Amends the federal criminal code to provide that a prisoner who is serving a term of imprisonment of more than one year, other than a term of life imprisonment, shall receive credit in addition to the time actually served at a rate of 84 days per year of sentence imposed if the Bureau of Prisons determines that the prisoner has displayed exemplary compliance with institutional disciplinary regulations. 
 
Prohibits the Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from implementing the Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT) program. Requires any unobligated funds for that program to be expeditiously returned to the U.S. Treasury.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, 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: 2013-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, 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: 2013-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, 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: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Access to Complete Education Act

Bill: 113-hr-2897
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Child health
Community life and organization
Earth sciences
Economic theory
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Geography and mapping
Health promotion and preventive care
Historical and cultural resources
Libraries and archives
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Music
Performing arts
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Access to Complete Education Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to promote and strengthen as an integral part of the curriculum one or more of the subjects of music and arts, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, history, geography, and physical education and health.
 
Gives priority to LEAs that have the greatest numbers or percentages of children from families below the poverty line.
 
Requires grantees to coordinate, to the extent practicable, their programs to promote or strengthen education in such subjects with opportunities provided by public or private cultural entities, including museums, education associations, libraries, and theaters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Division Realignment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2898
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Mississippi

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Division Realignment Act of 2013 - Amends the federal judicial code to realign the southern judicial district of Mississippi into four (currently, five) divisions with court to be held for:
 
 
the Northern Division at Jackson,
 
the Southern Division at Gulfport, 
 
the Eastern Division at Hattiesburg, and 
 
the Western Division at Natchez. 
 
 
Sets forth the Mississippi counties comprising each realigned division. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Growing Small Farms Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2899
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Inflation and prices
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Growing Small Farms Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the liability of employers of agricultural labor for federal unemployment tax under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA), to increase from $20,000 or more to $40,000 or more the amount of wages which such employers must pay in a calendar quarter for agricultural labor before being treated as employers for FUTA purposes. Provides for an inflation adjustment to such increased wage threshold after 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in House
Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2902
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Judges
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013 - Requires the Supreme Court to promulgate a code of ethics for the Justices of the Supreme Court that shall include the five canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges adopted by the Judicial Conference of the United States, with any amendments or modifications that the Supreme Court determines appropriate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1188)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
NCAA Act

Bill: 113-hr-2903
Sponsor: Rep. Dent, Charles W. [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Athletes
Disability and health-based discrimination
Due process and equal protection
Education programs funding
Higher education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Neurological disorders
School athletics
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
National Collegiate Athletics Accountability Act or the NCAA Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require schools that have an intercollegiate athletic program and are participating in title IV programs to abstain from membership in a nonprofit athletic association unless the association:
 
 
requires annual baseline concussion testing of student athletes on the active roster of teams participating in contact/collision or limited-contact/impact sports before they participate in any contact drills or activities;
 
holds remedies for violations of its policies in abeyance until the schools and student athletes subject to those remedies have been afforded certain due process procedures;
 
requires athletically-related student aid provided to student athletes who play contact/collision sports to be guaranteed for the duration of their attendance at the school, up to four years, and irrevocable for reasons related to skill or injury; and
 
does not prevent schools from paying stipends to student athletes.
 
 
Makes title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 inapplicable to any activity carried out by an institution of higher education to guarantee the continuance of student aid for student athletes in compliance with such membership requirements. (Title IX prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex or visual impairment under any education program that receives federal funds.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Workers Compensation Act

Bill: 113-hr-2904
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government liability
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Nuclear weapons
Public contracts and procurement
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Nuclear Workers Compensation Act - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Compensation Program Act of 2000 to replace the current requirements for occupational illness compensation to the survivors of a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor employee. Requires payment to a survivor of the compensation the deceased contractor employee would otherwise have been paid, if the employee dies after applying for the compensation but before receiving it. Requires payment of the compensation, if no survivors exist, to a claimant's surviving family members.
 
Requires a survivor eligible for contractor employee compensation under this Act as well as survivor compensation under the regular compensation schedule for survivors to elect one or the other. Prohibits any payment to a survivor of both kinds of compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2013-08-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in House