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ABC Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2999
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Accurate Background Check Act of 2013 or the ABC Act of 2013 - Amends the federal judicial code to require the Attorney General (DOJ) to provide procedures to ensure the accuracy and completeness of certain criminal records and information exchanged for employment background checks.
 
Directs the Attorney General, if a record or information is inaccurate or incomplete, to correct, delete, or amend such information within 10 days after a request is made and prior to releasing the record to the requesting entity. Requires the Attorney General, in such an instance, to also research state and local recordkeeping systems, maintain a disposition document database to be searched along with other federal databases, and notify reporting jurisdictions of any updated information.
 
Considers a record or information to be incomplete if it indicates that an arrest was made and does not include the disposition of such arrest. 
 
Requires the Attorney General, prior to such an employment background check exchange, to obtain the signed consent of the subject of such information, provide the applicant an opportunity to challenge the record, notify the requesting entity of any such challenge, and complete an investigation of such challenge within 30 days.
 
Extends the procedures established pursuant to this Act to apply to authorized exchanges for: (1) national security background investigations for employment in federal service, (2) government-wide security standards for forms of identification issued to federal employees and contractors, and (3) government background checks for the issuance of transportation security cards to access the secure areas of shipping vessels and facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
REVIVE Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3000
Sponsor: Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Employee hiring
Foreign labor
Rural conditions and development
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Rural Economy Vital Investment Visa Encouragement Act of 2013 or REVIVE Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to obligate at least 3,000 employment creation immigrant visas each fiscal year for qualified immigrants who: (1) have treaty investor nonimmigrant status and have been present in the United States for two years continuously, and (2) invest in a commercial enterprise which will create full time rural employment for at least five U.S. citizens or lawful permanent resident aliens or other immigrants lawfully authorized to be employed in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Pest Management Records Act

Bill: 113-hr-3001
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Business records
Computers and information technology
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
21st Century Pest Management Records Act - Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to authorize commercial applicators of pesticides to create, retain, submit, and convey a pesticide application-related record, report, data, or other information in electronic form to satisfy any federal, state, or local law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
No Bailouts for State and local Governments Act

Bill: 113-hr-3002
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Federal Reserve System
Government lending and loan guarantees
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
No Bailouts for State and local Governments Act - Prohibits the use of federal funds to purchase or guarantee obligations of, issue lines of credit to, or provide direct or indirect grants-in-aid to any state, municipal, local, or county government which, on or after January 1, 2013, has filed for bankruptcy, has defaulted on its obligations, is at risk of defaulting, or is likely to default, without such federal assistance if such purchase, guarantee, extension of credit, or grant is made to assist the government in: (1) avoiding defaulting on the payment of principal or interest due on an obligation of the government, or (2) curing such a default. 
 
Prohibits the Secretary of the Treasury from using, directly or indirectly, general fund revenues or borrowed funds to purchase or guarantee, for the same purposes, any asset or obligation of any such state, municipal, local, or county government. 
 
Prohibits the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from: (1) providing or extending to, or authorizing with respect to, such a state, municipal, local, or county government, or other entity with taxing authority or bonding authority, for the same purposes, any funds, loan guarantees, credits, or any other financial instrument or other authority, including bond purchases; or (2) otherwise assisting such a government entity, for the same purposes, under any Board authority. 
 
Waives the application of this Act for federal assistance provided in response to a natural disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
NEW HOUSE Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3003
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
National Expansion of Working-families Housing Options Using Small Enterprises Act of 2013 or the NEW HOUSE Act of 2013 - Amends the State Small Business Credit Initiative Act of 2010 to allow states participating in the state small business credit initiative to provide funds to small businesses to be used: (1) to develop, acquire, rehabilitate, maintain, operate, or manage housing projects for low- or moderate-income households; (2) to cover any matching, non-federal contribution required in connection with any other federal grant or assistance program providing such housing; or (3) to purchase foreclosed properties and property being sold by a state or local government in order to provide such housing.
 
Earmarks for such projects certain amounts unobligated as of the date of enactment of the Strengthening Economic Development Through Affordable Housing Act of 2013.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Waste and Increasing Efficiency in Trade Act

Bill: 113-hr-3004
Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Customs enforcement
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Reducing Waste and Increasing Efficiency in Trade Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to work with the head of each agency participating in the International Trade Data System (ITDS) and the Interagency Steering Committee to ensure that each such agency, among other duties, develops and maintains the necessary information technology infrastructure to support the operation of the ITDS, submit all data to the ITDS electronically, and arrange to share information between each agency and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Medical Testing Availability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3005
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Medical Testing Availability Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to labeling in the shipment or delivery of an in vitro diagnostic product for an investigation exempt from compliance with a performance standard or the requirement of premarket approval.
 
Declares that such a product whose labeling states 
"For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures."
 may not be deemed misbranded on the basis that its manufacturer or distributor: (1) sells the product to an end user who uses the product in a manner inconsistent with such statement, or (2) engages in business communications regarding the product with an end user.
 
Defines &quot;business communications&quot;: (1) as oral, written, or electronic contact between a manufacturer or distributor of such a product and an end user regarding the product's functioning; and (2) includes any such contact consisting of technical support, customer service, assistance with the installation of such product, communication relating to ensuring the performance of the product, and other similar contacts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require States to recognize the military experience of veterans when issuing licenses and credentials to veterans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3007
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Requires a state, as a condition for receipt of a grant or contract from the Department of Labor for support of disabled veterans' outreach specialists and local veterans' employment representatives, to: (1) establish a program that issues a license or credential to a veteran without requiring any training or apprenticeship if such veteran receives a satisfactory score on completion of an examination administered by that state and has at least 10 years of experience in a military occupational specialty that is similar to the civilian occupation for which such license or credential is required; and (2) submit a report each year on the exams administered that includes the number of veterans who completed such exams and a description of the results of such exams, disaggregated by occupational field.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Futures Investor Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-3009
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 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
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Financial services and investments
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government studies and investigations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
 Futures Investor Protection Act - Establishes the Futures Investor Protection Corporation (FIPC) as a nonprofit corporation, which shall be neither an agency nor establishment of the federal government.
 
Declares FIPC to be a membership corporation whose members comprise all persons registered as a futures commission merchant with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
 
Grants FIPC all powers conferred upon the Security Investors Protection Corporation (SIPC). Sets forth FIPC corporate structure.
 
Requires FIPC to: (1) establish, and make deposits into and payments from a FIPC fund in the same manner in which SIPC has established and is authorized to make deposits into and payments from the SIPC fund; and (2) impose upon its membership assessments subject to the same rules that apply to imposition of assessments upon SIPC members.
 
Amends the Commodity Exchange Act to prescribe suitability rules governing a futures commission merchant's recommendations for a customer. 
 
Grants the CFTC enforcement powers. 
 
Directs the CFTC to review specified guidelines governing establishing account classes and determining the basis for pro rata shares (proof of claims guidelines).
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Keep Repos to Maturity on Balance Sheet Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3010
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Financial services and investments
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Keep Repos to Maturity on Balance Sheet Act of 2013 - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in establishing accounting principles or standards for purposes of the securities laws, to require that a repurchase-to-maturity transaction be treated as a secured borrowing in which the transferred asset serves as collateral.
 
 Defines &quot;repurchase-to-maturity transaction&quot; as one in which: (1) a financial asset is transferred in exchange for cash, other financial assets, or letters of credit; and (2) concurrently the transferor and the transferee agree that, at the asset's maturity, the transferee may either return the transferred asset (or a substantially similar asset) to the transferor, or redeem the transferred asset from the issuer of the transferred asset.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Nothing Off Balance Sheet Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3011
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Nothing Off Balance Sheet Act of 2013 - Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in establishing accounting principles or standards under the securities laws, to require any person subject to those principles or standards to show all transactions on that person's balance sheet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Markets and Trading Reorganization Act

Bill: 113-hr-3012
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Markets and Trading Reorganization Act - Establishes the Securities and Derivatives Commission as an independent regulatory body. 
 
Directs the Commission to establish the following principal divisions: (1) a Markets and Trading Division with oversight of market conduct and utilities, the conduct of market professionals, and self-regulatory organizations with regard to such market professionals (including related examination functions); (2) an Issuers and Financial Disclosures Division exercising oversight of the issuance of securities (including investment companies and related rules and examinations); and (3) an Enforcement Division to enforce all Commission rules.
 
Transfers to such Commission all functions of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including their respective officers and components. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Fresh Start Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3014
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Fresh Start Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to allow an individual convicted of a nonviolent criminal offense to file a petition for expungement of the record of such conviction. Allows expungement if such individual: (1) has never been convicted of any criminal offense other than the nonviolent offenses committed in a single criminal episode that includes the offense for which expungement is sought; (2) has fulfilled all requirements of the sentence of the court, including payment of all fines, restitution, or assessments and completion of terms of imprisonment and probation; and (3) has remained free (if required by the court's sentence) from dependency on or abuse of alcohol or a controlled substance for at least one year.
 
Requires the Attorney General to maintain an unaltered nonpublic copy of expunged criminal records, to be disclosed for limited purposes to federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies.
 
Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to increase by 5% grant funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to states that implement expungement procedures substantially similar to the procedures enacted by this Act. Decreases such grant funding by 5% for states that fail to adopt expungement procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
Supermarket Tax Credit for Underserved Areas Act

Bill: 113-hr-3015
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2013-08-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employee hiring
Food industry and services
Fruit and vegetables
Income tax credits
Retail and wholesale trades
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: 
Supermarket Tax Credit for Underserved Areas Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the rate of the rehabilitation tax credit for a supermarket building placed in service after December 31, 2013, and before January 1, 2016, in an underserved area (i.e., any enterprise community or empowerment zone and any renewal community); (2) increase by $1,000 the the limit on wages eligible for the work opportunity tax credit for employees of a supermarket located in an underserved area; and (3) allow a business-related tax credit for 15% of the gross receipts from the retail sale of locally-grown fresh fruits and vegetables in a supermarket in an underserved area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Introduced in House