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Helping Heroes Fly Act

Bill: 113-s-1403
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Transportation safety and security
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Helping Heroes Fly Act - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to develop and implement a process to support and facilitate the movement of severely injured or disabled Armed Forces members and veterans through passenger screening before boarding passenger aircraft.
 
Requires the Assistant Secretary also to maintain an operations center to provide for the movement of such members and veterans through passenger screening.
 
Directs the Assistant Secretary to establish and publish certain protocols for severely injured or disabled Armed Forces members and veterans or their family members and others to contact the operations center to request support during and facilitation of passenger screening for the member or veteran. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Enumerated Powers Act

Bill: 113-s-1404
Sponsor: Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Enumerated Powers Act - Requires each Act of Congress, bill, resolution, conference report, or amendment to contain a concise explanation of the specific constitutional authority relied upon as the basis for enacting each portion of the measure.
 
Permits a statement of constitutionality, to the extent that a measure limits or abolishes any federal activity, spending, or power overall, to cite the 9th or the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
 
Declares that invoking one or more specified parts of the following clauses in a statement of constitutionality is not sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this Act: (1) the enumerated spending clause; (2) the necessary and proper clause; or (3) the commerce clause for any purpose other than the regulation of the buying and selling of goods or services, or their transportation, across boundaries with foreign nations, across state lines, or with the Indian tribes.
 
Declares that failure to comply with this requirement shall give rise to a point of order in either chamber.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Ambulance Access Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1405
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Medicare Ambulance Access Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend through December 31, 2018, certain temporary increases in rates (add-on payments) for ground and super rural ambulance services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Computer Science Education and Jobs Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1407
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Computers and information technology
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Computer Science Education and Jobs Act of 2013 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to define "computer science" as the study of computers and algorithmic processes, including the study of computing principles, computer hardware, software design, computer applications, and the impact of computers on society.
 
Makes computer science a core academic subject.
 
Includes computer science teachers in professional development activities.
 
Requires the Secretary of Education to give a priority in awarding advanced placement incentive program grants to entities focused on expanding access to advanced placement computer science programs.
 
Requires state plans for school improvement to describe how the state will consider including computer science in its academic standards, accountability system, and assessments.
 
Requires computer science teachers to be highly qualified by the end of the 2015-2016 school year.
 
Includes computer science in the program awarding grants to partnerships between states, institutions of higher education (IHEs), and high-need local educational agencies to: (1) train and recruit mathematics and science teachers, and (2) develop more rigorous science and mathematics curricula.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award five-year grants to IHEs to: (1) develop courses that prepare undergraduate students to teach elementary and secondary school computer science, and (2) develop and fund teacher mentoring programs to support new computer science teachers.
 
Amends the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002 to include informatics and computer science majors and professionals in the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (the Program recruits and prepares science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and professionals to become mathematics and science teachers).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
CURE Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1408
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
HIV/AIDS
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Communities United with Religious leaders for the Elimination of HIV/AIDS Act of 2013 or CURE Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, to make grants to eligible health entities (i.e., a public health agency, a health center, including a center operated by an Indian tribe or organization, a community-based organization, or a faith-based organization) for: (1) HIV/AIDS education and outreach activities, (2) HIV/AIDS prevention and access to treatment, and (3) HIV/AIDS testing activities. Grants priority to grant applications that serve one or more minority groups (i.e., American Indians [including Alaska Natives, Eskimos, and Aleuts], Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, Blacks, and Hispanics) with a specified HIV occurrence rate. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, to make grants to eligible health entities to provide HIV testing, counseling, and referral for medical treatment to youth who are members of minority groups, are not more than age 18, are HIV positive or at risk for HIV/AIDS, including young men of racial minorities who have sex with men, and are engaged in substance abuse.
 
Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to make grants to eligible health entities for public health intervention and prevention activities with respect to one or more minority groups, including: (1) rapid HIV testing, (2) measures and activities to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and minimize its symptoms, (3) outreach activities targeting both females and males, and (4) referrals to health and mental health resources and health organizations. 
 
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the CDC, to: (1) expand and intensify HIV/AIDS prevention and education activities for minority groups, and (2) implement a national media outreach campaign that urges sexually active individuals who are members of minority groups to be tested for and know their HIV/AIDS status. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, to make grants to public or private organizations with one or more published studies on behaviors to study behavioral factors that lead to increased HIV/AIDS prevalence in minority groups. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Better Education and Skills Training for America's Workforce Act

Bill: 113-s-1409
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Income tax credits
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Better Education and Skills Training for America's Workforce Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for: (1) the qualified training expenses of job trainees who have been unemployed for at least 90 days before enrolling in a training program, that are paid by U.S.-based employers; and (2) investment in a qualified job training partnership between a private business and an institution of higher education or a labor organization. Defines "qualifying training expenses" as an eligible trainee's qualified tuition costs, which may include costs for books and enrollment in a training program at an institution of higher education that may include a single course, multiple courses, or a combination of work training and study and that is reasonably necessary for employment. Terminates the credit for qualified training expenses of job trainees after December 31, 2016.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Qualified Job Training Partnership program to consider and award certifications for qualified investments eligible for credits to qualified job training partnerships. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to individuals who make an investment in a qualified job training partnership, in lieu of a tax credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1411
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Rural Veterans Health Care Improvement Act of 2013 - Sets forth requirements for the first update of the Strategic Plan Refresh for Fiscal Years 2012 through 2014 after the enactment of this Act. 
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Rural Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to prepare the update in consultation with the Director of the Health Care Retention and Recruitment Office, the Director of the Office of Quality and Performance, and the Director of the Office of Care Coordination Services of the Department.
 
Requires the update to include: (1) goals and objectives for the provision of health care in rural areas, including for recruiting and retaining health care personnel, ensuring timeliness and improving quality in the delivery of health care services through contract and fee-basis providers, implementing and enhancing the use of telemedicine services, ensuring the full and effective use of mobile outpatient clinics, and coordinating and sharing of resources among federal agencies; (2) procedures for soliciting from each Veterans Health Administration facility that serves a rural area a statement of the facility's clinical capacity, the facility's procedures in the event of an emergency outside the scope of such capacity, and the facility's procedures and mechanisms for the provision and coordination of health care for women veterans; and (3) modification of funding allocation mechanisms to ensure that the Office of Rural Health distributes funds to VA components to best achieve goals and objectives in a timely manner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-280.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
FDA User Fee Protection Act

Bill: 113-s-1413
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Cancer
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
User charges and fees
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
FDA User Fee Protection Act - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to exempt from sequestration calculations (mandatory across-the-board spending cuts) user fees that fund salaries and other administrative expenses of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Oregon Coastal Land Conveyance Act

Bill: 113-s-1414
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Oregon
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Oregon Coastal Land Conveyance Act - Holds in trust for the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 14,804 acres of federal land generally depicted on the map entitled &quot;Oregon Coastal Land Conveyance,&quot; dated March 27, 2013.
 
Makes that land part of the Tribes' reservation.
 
Applies federal law relating to the export of unprocessed logs harvested from federal land to any unprocessed logs that are harvested from the federal land conveyed to the Tribes.
 
Prohibits gaming on those lands.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Oregon and California Railroad public domain land that is located within a specified planning area and is approximately equal in acreage and condition to Railroad land that this Act conveys to the Tribes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-342.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6130-6131)
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6130)
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Canyon Mountain Land Conveyance Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1415
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Oregon
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 
Canyon Mountain Land Conveyance Act of 2013 - Holds in trust for the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians (Tribe) all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 17,826 acres of federal land generally depicted on the map entitled &quot;Canyon Mountain Land Conveyance,&quot; dated June 27, 2013.
 
Makes that land part of the Tribe's reservation.
 
Applies federal law relating to the export of unprocessed logs harvested from federal land to any unprocessed logs that are harvested from the federal land conveyed to the Tribe.
 
Prohibits gaming on those lands.
 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Oregon and California Railroad public domain land that is located within a specified planning area and is approximately equal in acreage and condition to Railroad land that this Act conveys to the Tribe. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-20
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-342.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6131)
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6130)
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1418
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Evidence and witnesses
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Organized crime
Performance measurement
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2013 - Directs the Attorney General to: (1) make competitive grants to state, tribal, and local governments to establish or maintain programs that provide protection or assistance to witnesses in court proceedings involving a homicide, a serious violent felony, a serious drug offense, gangs, or organized crime; (2) evaluate grant applicants based on specified criteria, including the prevalence of witness intimidation and the number of such crimes per capita in the applicant's jurisdiction; (3) provide technical assistance to applicants for establishing or maintaining such programs; and (4) develop and disseminate best practice models to assist such governments in addressing witness safety, short-term and permanent witness relocation, financial and housing assistance, and other necessary witness protection or assistance services. Urges such governments to use such models to evaluate, improve, and develop witness protection or witness assistance programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1420
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government liability

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
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 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; and
 
the name of the agency that submitted the claim.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6214)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Historic Downtown Preservation and Access Act

Bill: 113-s-1421
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Fires
Historic sites and heritage areas
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Historic Downtown Preservation and Access Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable tax credit for 50% of the cost of installing an elevator system or a sprinkler system in a certified historic structure. Limits the total amount of such credit to $50,000 in any taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6215)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6214-6215)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.

Bill: 113-s-1422
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), upon a request by the chairman or ranking minority member of specified congressional committees, to determine if a proposed measure would result in reductions in budget outlays in budgetary outyears through the use of preventive health and preventive health services.
 
Requires CBO, if the measure would result in such substantial reductions, to include in any CBO projection a description and estimate of such reductions and a description of the basis for such conclusions.
 
Authorizes CBO to prepare a budget projection that includes some or all of the budgetary outyears.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6215-6216)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Toxic Substances and Worker Health Advisory Board Act

Bill: 113-s-1423
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Energy
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government liability
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health information and medical records
Nuclear weapons
Public contracts and procurement
Radiation
Radioactive wastes and releases
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: 
Toxic Substances and Worker Health Advisory Board Act - Amends the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to require the President to establish an Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health.
 
Requires the Board to provide advice to the President on the review and approval of the Department of Labor site exposure matrix (SEM) used to determine the eligibility of Department of Energy (DOE) employee contractor claims for compensation for lung disease resulting from exposure to toxic substances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6216)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate