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Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-293
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) eliminate the per country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants, and (2) increase the per country numerical limitation for family based immigrants from 7% to 15% of the total number of family-sponsored visas. 
 
Amends the Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 to eliminate the provision requiring the reduction of annual Chinese (PRC) immigrant visas to offset status adjustments under such Act.
 
Sets forth the following transition period for employment-based second and third preference (EB-2 and EB-3) immigrant visas: (1) for FY2013, 15% of such visas allotted to natives of countries other than the two countries with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2011; (2) for FY2014, 10% of such visas allotted in each category to natives of countries other than the two with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2012; and (3) for FY2015, 10% of such visas allotted in each category to natives of countries other than the two with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining such visas in FY2013.
 
Sets forth the following per country distribution rules: (1) for transition period visas, not more than 25% of the total number of EB-2 and EB-3 visas for natives of a single country; and (2) for non-transition period visas, not more than 85% of EB-2 and EB-3 visas for natives of a single country.
 Provides that the amendments made by this Act will take place as if enacted on September 30, 2012, and shall apply beginning in FY2013.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Ruth Moore Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-294
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crimes against women
Disability assistance
Evidence and witnesses
Mental health
Sex offenses
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Ruth Moore Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), in any case in which a veteran claims that a covered mental health condition was incurred in or aggravated by military sexual trauma during active duty, to accept as sufficient proof of service-connection a diagnosis by a mental health professional together with satisfactory lay or other evidence of such trauma and an opinion by the mental health professional that such condition is related to such trauma, if consistent with the circumstances, conditions, or hardships of such service, notwithstanding the fact that there is no official record of such incurrence or aggravation in such service, and to resolve every reasonable doubt in favor of the veteran. Allows such service-connection to be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.
 
Includes as a &quot;covered mental health condition&quot; post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, or any other mental health diagnosis that the Secretary determines to be related to military sexual trauma.
 
Requires the Secretary to report annually to Congress in each of 2014 through 2018 on covered claims submitted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Indonesian Family Refugee Protection Act

Bill: 113-s-295
Sponsor: Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Asia
Department of Homeland Security
Immigration status and procedures
Indonesia
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Indonesian Family Refugee Protection Act - Authorizes a qualifying Indonesian citizen whose asylum claim was denied solely upon a failure to meet the one-year application filing deadline to file a motion to reopen such claim.
 
Requires that such motion be filed during the two-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Uniting American Families Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-296
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Immigration status and procedures
Marriage and family status

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Uniting American Families Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include a &quot;permanent partner&quot; within the scope of such Act. Defines a &quot;permanent partner&quot; as an individual 18 or older who: (1) is in a committed, intimate relationship with another individual 18 or older in which both individuals intend a lifelong commitment; (2) is financially interdependent with the other individual; (3) is not married to, or in a permanent partnership with, anyone other than the individual; (4) is unable to contract with the other individual a marriage cognizable under this Act; and (5) is not a first, second, or third degree blood relation of the other individual. 
 
Defines &quot;permanent partnership&quot; as the relationship existing between two permanent partners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S710-712)
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S709-710)
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Educational Opportunities Act

Bill: 113-s-297
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax credits
Sales and excise taxes
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Educational Opportunities Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Allows a maximum credit amount of $4,500 ($2,250 for a married individual filing a separate return). Defines &quot;scholarship granting organization&quot; as a tax-exempt entity whose exclusive purpose is to provide scholarships for the tuition and other expenses of elementary and secondary school students from low income households (i.e., household income not exceeding 250% of federal poverty guidelines).
 
Allows corporate taxpayers a tax credit, up to $100,000, for contributions to a scholarship granting organization. 
 
Imposes a penalty on scholarship granting organizations that fail to distribute at least 90% of their total receipts for elementary and secondary school expenses in a taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit appropriated funds from being used in contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

Bill: 113-s-299
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Prohibits the use of community oriented policing services funds in contravention of provisions of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 that restrict a government entity or official from preventing any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the responsible federal immigration agency information regarding an individual's citizenship or immigration status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S670-672)
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the implementation of any program that grants temporary legal status to, or adjusts the status of, any individual who is unlawfully present in the United States until the Secretary of Homeland Security certifies that the US-VISIT system has been fully implemented at every land, sea, and air port of entry.

Bill: 113-s-300
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Prohibits the implementation of any program that grants temporary legal status to, or adjusts the status of, any individual who is unlawfully present in the United States until the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) certifies to the President and to Congress that the integrated entry and exit data system (US-VISIT) has been fully implemented at every land, sea, and air port of entry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S670-672)
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Birthright Citizenship Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-301
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Birthright Citizenship Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States &quot;subject to the jurisdiction&quot; of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes only if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S670-672)
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Voter Integrity Protection Act

Bill: 113-s-302
Sponsor: Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Voter Integrity Protection Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make voting in a federal election (unless otherwise provided for under the federal criminal code) by an alien who is unlawfully in the United States an aggravated felony and a deportable offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S670-672)
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond Battlefields Addition Act

Bill: 113-s-305
Sponsor: Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Land transfers
Military history
Mississippi
Parks, recreation areas, trails
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond Battlefields Addition Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land or interests within the area identified as the modified core battlefield for the Port Gibson, Champion Hill, and Raymond battlefields of the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War for inclusion in the Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi. 

action_date: 2013-06-27
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond Battlefields Addition Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land or interests within the area identified as the modified core battlefield for the Port Gibson, Champion Hill, and Raymond battlefields of the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War for inclusion in the Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi. 
 
Allows such lands to be acquired by donation, purchase, or exchange, except that land owned by the state of Mississippi or any political subdivisions of Mississippi may be acquired only by donation.
 
Requires the acquired land to be added to and administered as part of the Park. 
 
Authorizes appropriations of $18.5 million for the acquisition and development of land under this Act.
 
Amends the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009, in order to offset such amount, to reduce by $18.5 million any amounts of the annual authorization of appropriations for the Preserve America Program that are not yet appropriated as of the date of enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 111.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with amendments. With written report No. 113-57.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with amendments. With written report No. 113-57.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-27.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act

Bill: 113-s-307
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Energy revenues and royalties
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit or repeal certain tax benefits for major integrated oil companies (defined as companies with annual gross receipts over $1 billion and an average daily worldwide production of crude oil of at least 500,000 barrels or certain successors in interest of such companies), including: (1) the foreign tax credit for companies that are dual capacity taxpayers; (2) the tax deduction for income attributable to the production, refining, processing, transportation, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or primary products thereof; (3) the tax deduction for intangible drilling and development costs; (4) the percentage depletion allowance for oil and gas wells; and (5) the tax deduction for qualified tertiary injectant expenses.
 
Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal royalty relief (suspension of royalties) for: (1) natural gas production from deep wells in shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico; and (2) deep water oil and gas production in the Western and Central Planning Area of the Gulf (including the portion of the Eastern Planning Area encompassing whole lease blocks lying west of 87 degrees, 30 minutes west longitude).
 
Dedicates any increased revenue generated by this Act to the reduction of a federal budget deficit or the federal debt.
 
Provides for compliance of the budgetary effects of this Act with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act

Bill: 113-s-308
Sponsor: Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Inflation and prices
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish for each calendar month a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPIEC) that indicates changes over time in consumption expenditures typical for individuals in the United States age 62 or older.
 
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to make the CPIEC the applicable Consumer Price Index (CPI) for computation of cost-of-lving increases in OASDI benefits for such individuals. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe special rules for the determination of wages and self-employment income above the contribution and benefit base after 2013.
 
Amends SSA title II to include surplus average indexed monthly earnings (AIME) in the determination of primary OASDI amounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-312
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
 Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2013 - Adjusts the boundary of the Carson National Forest in New Mexico to incorporate approximately 4,990 acres of land identified as the Miranda Canyon Boundary. 

action_date: 2013-06-27
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
 Carson National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2013 - Adjusts the boundary of the Carson National Forest in New Mexico to incorporate approximately 4,990 acres of land identified as the Miranda Canyon Boundary. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 112.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-58.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden without amendment. With written report No. 113-58.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-28.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate
ABLE Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-313
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2013-02-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Disability and paralysis
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: 
Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2013 or the ABLE Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish tax-exempt ABLE accounts to assist an individual with a disability in building an account to pay for qualified disability expenses. Defines &quot;qualified disability expenses&quot; to include expenses for education, including higher education expenses, a primary residence, transportation, obtaining and maintaining employment, health and wellness, and other personal support expenses.
 
Treats a qualified ABLE program and an ABLE account in the same manner as a qualified tuition program for income tax purposes (i.e., allowing a tax exemption for such program and an exclusion from gross income of amounts attributable to a contributor to or a beneficiary of a program account). Defines &quot;qualified ABLE program&quot; as a program established and maintained by a state agency under which a person may make contributions to an ABLE account established to pay for qualified disability expenses.
 
Requires amounts in ABLE accounts to be disregarded in determining eligibility for Medicaid and other means-tested federal programs. Suspends the payment of supplemental security income benefits under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to an individual during any period in which such individual has excess resources attributable to an ABLE account. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-02-13
text: Introduced in Senate