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Inspector General Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-314
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2013-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative Conference of the U.S.
Advisory bodies
Commission of Fine Arts
Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
Department of Defense
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Labor
Department of State
Department of the Interior
Department of the Treasury
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Federal Reserve System
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
General Services Administration
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
Marine Mammal Commission
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
National Archives and Records Administration
National Capital Planning Commission
National Mediation Board
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
Selective Service System
Smithsonian Institution
Specialized courts
Trade and Development Agency
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: 
Inspector General Improvement Act of 2013 - Requires the inspectors general of the following federal agencies, in addition to the other duties and responsibilities specified in the Inspector General Act of 1978, to supervise, direct, and control audit and investigative activities pertaining to programs and operations:
 
 
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID);
 
 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;
 
 Department of Defense (DOD);
 
Department of Education;
 
Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA);
 
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS);
 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS);
 
Department of the Interior;
 
Department of Labor;
 
Department of State;
 
Department of the Treasury;
 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA);
 
General Services Administration (GSA);
 
Government Accountability Office (GAO);
 
Intelligence Community;
 
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA);
 
 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC);
 
 Office of Personnel Management (OPM); and
 
Smithsonian Institution.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Synthetic Cathinones Control Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-315
Sponsor: Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2013-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: 
Synthetic Cathinones Control Act of 2013 - Directs the Attorney General to issue a final order within 60 days of this Act's enactment that schedules specified synthetic drugs on schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.
 
 Amends the Controlled Substances Act to provide that Schedules I, II, III, IV, and V shall consist of the drugs and other substances that are set forth in the respective schedules in part 1308 of title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-317
Sponsor: Rep. Gardner, Cory [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2013-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government liability

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: 
Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to make available to the public on a website, as soon as practicable but within 30 days after a payment under this Act is tendered, the following information with regard to any payment made by the United States under a judgment, award, or compromise settlement with respect to a claim against the United States, unless the disclosure of such information is otherwise prohibited by law or court order:
 
 
 the name of the specific federal agency or entity whose actions gave rise to the claim or judgment;
 
the name of the plaintiff or claimant and counsel;
 
the amount paid representing principal liability, and any amounts paid representing any ancillary liability, including attorney fees, costs, and interest;
 
 a brief description of the facts that gave rise to the claim; 
 
a copy of the original or amended complaint or written claim, and any written answer given by the federal government to it;
 
a copy of the final action by a court regarding the claim (whether by decree, approval of settlement, or otherwise), or of the settlement agreement in any action not involving a court; and
 
the name of the agency that submitted the claim.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
To authorize a Wall of Remembrance as part of the Korean War Veterans Memorial and to allow certain private contributions to fund that Wall of Remembrance.

Bill: 113-hr-318
Sponsor: Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2013-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
District of Columbia
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials
North Korea
South Korea
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: 
Authorizes a Wall of Remembrance as part of the previously authorized Korean War Veterans Memorial to include, in regards to the Korean War: (1) a list by name of members of the U.S. Armed Forces who were killed in such action; (2) the number of members who were wounded, missing, or prisoners; and (3) the number of members of the Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army, the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, and the other nations of the United Nations (U.N.) Command who were killed, wounded, missing, or prisoners. 
 
Prohibits using any federal funds to construct the memorial. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-06-10
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for an expedited process for increasing the statutory limit on the public debt.

Bill: 113-hr-319
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2013-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: 
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to revise the contents of the concurrent resolution on the budget to include a heading entitled &quot;Debt Increase as Measure of Deficit&quot; to set forth the amounts by which the current $14.294 trillion public debt limit shall increase in each of such years.
 
Declares that, upon passage in the House of Representatives of the conference report on any concurrent budget resolution, it shall be immediately in order for the House to consider a privileged bill offered by the chairman of the Committee on the Budget amending the public debt limit at the level proposed under the &quot;Debt Increase as Measure of Deficit&quot; heading for the budget resolution's fiscal year. Limits to one hour any debate on the bill. Prohibits the measure from being amendable and a motion to commit from being in order.
 
Applies similar procedures for Senate consideration of the House passed bill.
 
Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider the bill before the passage of the conference report on the budget resolution for its fiscal year.
 
Increases the public debt limit from $14,294,000,000,000 to $17,072,810,000,000.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Student Support Act

Bill: 113-hr-320
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2013-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Health personnel
Mental health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: 
 Student Support Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the Secretary of Education to make matching grants of at least $1 million to states for allocation to local educational agencies (LEAs) so that additional school-based mental health and student service providers may be hired, thereby reducing the student-to-provider ratios in elementary and secondary schools to specified minimum levels recommended by the leading counseling, guidance, and mental health organizations.
 
Sets those minimum ratios at: (1) 1 school counselor for every 250 students, (2) 1 school psychologist for every 1,000 students, and (3) 1 school social worker for every 250 students.
 
Requires grants to states and state allocations to LEAs to be made pursuant to specified formulas that take into account a state's and school district's share of children in poverty.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Firearm Safety and Public Health Research Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-321
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2013-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Appropriations
Firearms and explosives
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: 
Firearm Safety and Public Health Research Act of 2013 - Makes prohibitions under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012, against the use of funds to advocate or promote gun control inapplicable to amounts made available by the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013, insofar as such prohibitions relate to any activity to conduct research on firearms safety or gun violence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E39)
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-322
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2013-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Hunting and fishing
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: 
Hunting, Fishing, and Recreational Shooting Protection Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to exclude from the definition of "chemical substance" for purposes of such Act: (1) any component of any pistol, revolver, firearm, shell, or cartridge the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax, including shot, bullets and other projectiles, propellants, and primers; and (2) any sport fishing equipment the sale of which is subject to federal excise tax and sport fishing equipment components. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act

Bill: 113-hr-323
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2013-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Florida
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: 
Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Muscogee Nation of Florida (the Nation), which makes its members eligible for the services and benefits provided to Indians due to their status as members of a federally recognized tribe.
 
 Considers the service area of the Nation, for the purpose of delivering federal services to members, to be: (1) the community of Bruce in Walton County, Florida; and (2) an area in Florida in which members reside that is bordered on the west by the Escambia River and on the east by the St. Marks River. 
 
Requires that the constitution and bylaws of the Nation be the constitution and bylaws of the Nation's Tribal Council dated January 21, 2001 (including amendments). Instructs the Secretary of the Interior, upon receipt of a written request of the Tribal Council, to hold a referendum for members to adopt a new constitution and bylaws.
 
Specifies the role and duties of the Tribal Council. 
 
Requires that the membership roll of the Nation be determined in accordance with the membership criteria established by the ordinance of the Nation numbered 04-01-100 and dated February 7, 2004. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to take land into trust on behalf of the Nation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Budget Before Borrowing Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-326
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2013-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-22
text: 
Budget Before Borrowing Act of 2013 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in both chambers to consider any bill or joint resolution, amendment, or conference report to extend the public debt limit unless a concurrent resolution on the budget has been agreed to and is in effect for the fiscal year during which such measure is being considered.
 
Permits: (1) waiver or suspension of this prohibition in either chamber only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of its Members, and (2) its successful appeal from the ruling of the Chair in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of its Members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2013-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Accountability of Taxpayer Funding for Afghanistan Fuels Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-327
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2013-01-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Afghanistan
Asia
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Government information and archives
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Motor fuels
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-22
text: 
Accountability of Taxpayer Funding for Afghanistan Fuels Act of 2013 - Prohibits a covered product from being provided directly or indirectly to the government of Afghanistan unless the Secretary of Defense (DOD) determines and reports to Congress that: (1) the covered product meets an existing or future need of the government of Afghanistan, (2) related financial documents are fully accounted for and will be maintained by DOD for at least 10 years, and (3) DOD has established related monitoring controls.
 
Prohibits DOD funds from being provided directly or indirectly to the government of Afghanistan to procure any covered product unless the Secretary determines and reports to Congress that: (1) the government of Afghanistan is capable of providing reliable accounting and reporting to DOD regarding the purchase, delivery, and consumption of a covered product; (2) the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or upon the date of termination of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, the Inspector General of DOD has certified to the Secretary that such requirements have been met.
 
Defines &quot;covered product&quot; as petroleum, oil, a lubricant (including diesel fuel, gasoline, jet or aviation fuel, kerosene, or other fuels), or firewood that is to be used for purposes of equipping, training, or sustaining the Afghan National Security Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2013-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2013-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Background Checks Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-329
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Michael G. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2013-01-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-22
text: 
Strengthening Background Checks Act of 2013 - Amends the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 to require each state, for each fiscal year after a two-year period after this Act's enactment, to have in effect laws and policies that require it to: (1) provide to the Attorney General not less than 90% of the records relevant to a determination of whether a person is disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm that are required to be provided under such Act for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System; and (2) provide such records to the Attorney General in the same manner, or in a manner substantially similar to, that in which such records are required to be provided by the state under such Act.
 
 Directs the Attorney General to withhold 10% of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant funds that would otherwise be allocated to the state if the state fails to comply with such requirements. Authorizes the Attorney General to waive such withholding for a state: (1) for one year if the state provides substantial evidence that it is making a reasonable effort to comply; and (2) for additional one-year periods if the state provides substantial evidence that it is making a reasonable effort to comply and if the Attorney General withholds 5% of the amount that would otherwise be allocated to a state for each one-year period.
 
Authorizes appropriations for FY2012-FY2015 for grants under such Act to states and Indian tribal governments to establish or upgrade information and identification technologies for firearms eligibility determinations. Appropriates such authorized amount for the first fiscal year beginning after enactment of this Act and cancels a corresponding amount of the unobligated balances available under the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-01-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-22
text: Introduced in House