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Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-872
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2013-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Licensing and registrations
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: 
Holding Company Registration Threshold Equalization Act of 2013 - Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require an issuer that is a savings and loan holding company to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) if: (1) its assets exceed $10 million, and (2) it has a class of equity security held of record by 2,000 or more persons.
 
Requires termination of such registration after a savings and loan holding company certifies that its holders of record of such class of security has been reduced to fewer than 1,200 persons.
 
Suspends automatically the duty of a savings and loan holding company to file supplementary and periodic information if the securities of each class to which the registration statement relates (other than any class of asset-backed securities) are held of record by fewer than 1,200 persons. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Drug Free Families Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-873
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: 
Drug Free Families Act of 2013 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require state TANF programs to implement a program to test TANF applicants and recipients for illegal drug use.
 
Requires state TANF programs to deny assistance to individuals who test positive for illegal drugs and individuals convicted of drug-related crimes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending Mobile Phone Welfare Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-874
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: 
Ending Mobile Phone Welfare Act of 2013 - Prohibits a provider of commercial mobile communications service from receiving universal service support under specified provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 for the provision of such service through the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Lifeline program (a program that provides discounts on monthly telephone service to qualifying low-income consumers).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Veterans Affairs Disease Reporting and Oversight Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-875
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2013-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: 
Department of Veterans Affairs Disease Reporting and Oversight Act of 2013 - Requires the director of a Veterans Integrated Service Network, within 24 hours after confirming the presence of a notifiable infectious disease (any infectious disease that is either on a specified published list of nationally notifiable diseases or that is covered by a provision of law of a state that requires the reporting of infectious diseases) at a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility under that director's jurisdiction, to notify: (1) the Central Office of the VA; (2) the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (3) the state and county in which the facility is located; (4) each individual at the facility who has contracted the disease or is at risk of doing so, as well as the individual's next of kin, the individual's primary health care provider, and the county in which the individual resides; and (5) each VA employee of such facility. Requires such director to comply with any earlier notification required by the state concerned.
 
Requires such director to: (1) confirm receipt of such notification, (2) develop and implement an action plan to manage and control the potential spread of the disease, and (3) keep records of any such notifications for at least 10 years. Requires an annual report from the VA Inspector General to Congress on directors' compliance with the requirements of this Act. Provides for Inspector General enforcement and appropriate director disciplinary action with respect to such requirements.
 
Directs the Under Secretary for Health of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to issue a directive to the VHA's pathology team, infection prevention team, facilities management team, and other appropriate VHA groups on the actions to be taken when a notifiable infectious disease is discovered in a VHA facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280.
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Fire Police Fairness Act

Bill: 113-s-876
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2013-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fires
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: 
Fire Police Fairness Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include a fire police officer as a public safety officer for purposes of death benefits provisions. Defines a &quot;fire police officer&quot; as an individual who: (1) is serving in accordance with state or local law as a member of a legally organized public safety agency; (2) is not a law enforcement officer, a firefighter, a chaplain, or a member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew; and (3) provides scene security or directs traffic in response to any fire, rescue, or police emergency or at a planned special event.
 
Makes conforming amendments to the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Affairs Research Transparency Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-877
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2013-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Military personnel and dependents
Research administration and funding
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: 
Veterans Affairs Research Transparency Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make available on a publicly-available Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) website: (1) data files that contain information on VA research, (2) a data dictionary on each data file, and (3) instructions on how to obtain access to each data file for use in research.
 
Directs the Secretary, within 540 days after enactment of this Act, to require, as a condition on the use of any data gathered or formulated from research funded by the VA, that any final, peer-reviewed manuscript prepared for publication that uses such data be submitted to the Secretary for deposit in a digital archive (established by the Secretary under this Act). Requires such archive to be publicly available.
 
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs-Department of Defense Joint Executive to submit to the Secretary and the Secretary of Defense (DOD) options and recommendations for establishing a program of long-term cooperation and data-sharing between and within the VA and DOD to facilitate research on outcomes of military service, readjustment after combat deployment, and other topics of importance to veterans, members of the Armed Forces (members), their families, and members of communities that have a significant population of veterans or members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-203.
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-878
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2013-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: 
Arbitration Fairness Act of 2013 - Declares that no predispute arbitration agreement shall be valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute.
 
Declares, further, that the validity and enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate shall be determined by a court, under federal law, rather than an arbitrator, irrespective of whether the party resisting arbitration challenges the arbitration agreement specifically or in conjunction with other terms of the contract containing such agreement.
 
Exempts from this Act arbitration provisions in a contract between an employer and a labor organization or between labor organizations. Denies to any such arbitration provision, however, the effect of waiving the right of an employee to seek judicial enforcement of a right arising under the U.S. Constitution, a state constitution, a federal or state statute, or related public policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-373.
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Maple Tapping Access Program Act

Bill: 113-s-879
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
Food industry and services
Forests, forestry, trees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: 
Maple Tapping Access Program Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make grants to states and tribal governments to promote the domestic maple syrup industry through: (1) promotion of research and education, (2) promotion of natural resource sustainability, (3) market promotion, and (4) encouragement of owners and operators of privately held land to initiate or expand maple-sugaring activities or to voluntarily make the land available to the public for maple-sugaring activities.
 
Defines &quot;maple-sugaring&quot; as the collection of sap from any species of tree in the genus Acer for the purpose of boiling to produce food.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-880
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2013-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: 
Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act of 2013 - Prohibits a state from prescribing or enforcing any regulation that allows a restricted property-carrying unit (any trailer, semi-trailer, container, or other property-carrying unit longer than 53 feet, except for a fire-fighting unit) to operate on the National Highway System (NHS) (including the Interstate System), unless the operation of such unit is authorized by the state on June 1, 2008, and in actual and lawful operation on a regular or periodic basis (including seasonal operations) on or before that date. 
 
Prohibits a state from allowing the operation of a commercial motor vehicle combination on the NHS (except a vehicle or load that cannot be dismantled or divided easily, and that has been issued a special permit under state law) with more than one property-carrying unit (excluding the truck tractor) whose property-carrying units are more than: (1) the maximum combination trailer, semi-trailer, or other type of length limitation allowed by state law on June 1, 2008; or (2) the length of the property-carrying units of those commercial motor vehicle combinations, by specific configuration, in actual and lawful operation on a regular or periodic basis (including continual seasonal operation) in such state on or before June 1, 2008. 
 Prohibits a state from allowing the operation of a vehicle or combination (other than a longer combination vehicle) exceeding Interstate weight limits on the Interstate System unless its operation was lawful: (1) on July 1, 1956; (2) in the case of the overall gross weight of any group of two or more consecutive axles, on January 4, 1975; or (3) under a special permit pursuant to state (grandfather) law. 
Declares that Interstate weight limitations on vehicles and combinations (other than longer combination vehicles) that operate on the Interstate System shall apply to such vehicles and combinations that operate on non-Interstate segments of the NHS, unless: (1) such segments are subject to lower state weight limits; or (2) a state allows the operation of any vehicle or combination on an existing non-Interstate segment of the NHS that could have been lawfully operated on June 1, 2008.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-881
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: 
Family Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 50% of qualified infertility treatment expenses. Limits the dollar amount of such credit to $12,970 for taxable years beginning in 2013, with a phase-out of such credit for taxpayers based on adjusted gross income. Defines &quot;qualified infertility treatment expenses&quot; as amounts paid for the treatment of infertility via in vitro fertilization if such treatment is provided by a licensed physician, surgeon, or other medical practitioner and is administered with respect to a diagnosis of infertility by a physician licensed in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3611)
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-883
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2013-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Immigrant health and welfare
Language arts
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: 
Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2013 - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to conduct a study regarding the effectiveness of the Office of Refugee Resettlement's domestic refugee resettlement programs. 
 
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish as head of the Office an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Refugee and Asylee Resettlement. (Currently, the head of such Office is a Director.)
 
Directs the Assistant Secretary to: (1) report to Congress regarding states experiencing departures and arrivals due to secondary migration; and (2) expand the Office's data analysis, collection, and sharing activities to include data on mental and physical medical cases, housing needs, and refugee employment.
 
Directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide refugee resettlement guidance to appropriate national, state, and local entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Deter Cyber Theft Act

Bill: 113-s-884
Sponsor: Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI]
Introduced: 2013-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Customs enforcement
Intellectual property
Manufacturing
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Research and development
Trade restrictions
Trade secrets and economic espionage

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: 
Deter Cyber Theft Act - Requires the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) to annually report to specified congressional committees on foreign countries that engage in economic and industrial espionage in cyberspace with respect to U.S. trade secrets or proprietary information. Requires each report to identify countries that engage in such espionage as well as countries that engage in the most egregious forms of such espionage.
 
Directs the President to exclude from entry into the United States any article produced or exported by an entity identified within any such report, as long as the President determines that such exclusion is warranted for the enforcement of intellectual property rights or to protect the integrity of the Department of Defense (DOD) supply chain.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3166-3167)
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3165-3166)
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

Bill: 113-s-886
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2013-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
District of Columbia
Federal preemption
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Judicial procedure and administration
Legal fees and court costs
Medical ethics
Right of privacy
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: 
District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit any person from performing or attempting to perform an abortion within the District of Columbia except in conformity with this Act's requirements. 
 
Requires the physician to first make a determination of the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child, or reasonably rely upon such a determination made by another physician, by making inquiries of the pregnant woman and performing such medical examinations and tests as a reasonably prudent physician would consider necessary. 
 
Prohibits the abortion from being performed if the probable post-fertilization age of the unborn child is 20 weeks or greater. Makes an exception where necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman whose life is endangered by a physical disorder, illness, or injury, excluding psychological or emotional conditions. Permits a physician to terminate a pregnancy under such exception only in the manner which provides the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive, unless termination of the pregnancy in that manner would pose a greater risk of the death or substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function, not including psychological or emotional conditions, of the pregnant woman than would other available methods.
 
Prescribes penalties for violations. Bars prosecution of a woman upon whom an abortion is performed in violation of this Act, but authorizes such a woman or the father or maternal grandparent of the unborn child to obtain appropriate relief through a civil action. Provides for injunctive relief to prevent violations. Sets forth specified privacy protections in court proceedings for the woman upon whom an abortion has been performed. 
 
Requires any physician who performs an abortion within the District to report it to the Department of Health of the District of Columbia, which shall issue annual public reports. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to repeal the violation of sovereign nations' laws and privacy matters

Bill: 113-s-887
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2013-05-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Civil actions and liability
Foreign and international banking
Foreign property
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax administration requirements for foreign-source income and assets, to repeal: (1) withholding requirements for payments to foreign financial institutions and other foreign entities, (2) information reporting for foreign financial assets, (3) penalties for underpayments of tax attributable to undisclosed foreign financial assets, (4) reporting requirements for shareholders of a passive foreign investment company and U.S. owners of foreign trusts, and (5) the additional penalty for failure to file required notices and information returns for certain foreign trusts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-05-07
text: Introduced in Senate