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STRONG Act

Bill: 113-s-904
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Strengthening The Resiliency of Our Nation on the Ground Act or STRONG Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish and chair an interagency working group with cabinet-level representation from all relevant federal agencies in order to: (1) provide a strategic vision of extreme weather resilience; (2) conduct a gap and overlap analysis of current and planned federal activities related to achieving short- and long-term resilience to extreme weather and its impacts on the United States, such as flooding and drought; and (3) develop a National Extreme Weather Resilience Action Plan. 
 
Requires the Plan to include the establishment of an online, publicly available information portal to be used by federal agencies and other stakeholders that directs users to key data and tools to inform resilience-enhancing efforts and to build off and complement existing federal efforts. Provides for a coordinating entity to establish and maintain such portal. 
 
Requires such coordinating entity to coordinate the implementation of the Plan and to track its progress. 
 
Requires the submission of specified reports. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-905
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Building construction
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2013 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) to authorize the President to increase the maximum total of contributions for a major disaster by an amount equal to 4% of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be made under the Act if, at the time of a declaration of a major disaster, the affected state certifies that it has in effect and is actively enforcing a state building code that: (1) is consistent with the most recent version of a nationally recognized model building code, (2) has been adopted by the state within six years of the most recent version of the nationally recognized code, and (3) uses the nationally recognized code as a minimum standard. Directs the President to approve the additional assistance upon determining that such certification is sufficient and is submitted not later than 90 days after the date of a declared disaster.
 
Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to set appropriate standards for the periodic update, resubmittal, and approval of state building codes, consistent with similar mitigation planning requirements under the Stafford Act.
 
Makes this Act applicable to major disasters declared on or after October 24, 2012. Allows 90 days from this Act's enactment for submission of the required certification for disasters declared between October 24, 2012, and such enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Changing How America Reduces Greenhouse Emissions (CHARGE) Act

Bill: 113-s-906
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Changing How America Reduces Greenhouse Emissions (CHARGE) Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles to include vehicles that are powered by an alternative electrical energy storage device other than a battery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
GEDI Act

Bill: 113-s-907
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Gestational Diabetes Act or the GEDI Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a multisite gestational diabetes research project within the diabetes program of the CDC to expand and enhance surveillance data and public health research on gestational diabetes. 
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to expand and intensify public health research on gestational diabetes, including; (1) developing and testing novel approaches for improving postpartum testing or screening and for preventing type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes, and (2) conducting research to further understanding of the factors and health systems that influence the risk of gestational diabetes and the development of type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes. 
 
Requires the Director to: (1) award grants for demonstration projects to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes, the recurrence of such disease in subsequent pregnancies, and the development of type 2 diabetes in women with a history of gestational diabetes; and (2) work with state and Indian tribal-based diabetes prevention and control programs assisted by the CDC to encourage postpartum follow-up after gestational diabetes to reduce the incidence of gestational diabetes and its recurrence, the development of type 2 diabetes in at-risk women, and related complications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-908
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Hereditary and development disorders
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Diagnosis and Treatment Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and implement a hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT, a vascular genetic bleeding disorder that causes abnormalities of the blood vessels) initiative to assist in coordinating activities to improve early detection, screening, and treatment of people who suffer from HHT, focusing on advancing research on the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of HHT and increasing physician and public awareness of HHT.
 
Directs the Secretary to establish the HHT Coordinating Committee to develop and coordinate implementation of a plan to advance research and understanding of HHT, including by: (1) conducting or supporting research across relevant National Institutes of Health (NIH) institutes, and (2) conducting evaluations and making recommendations regarding the prioritization and award of NIH research grants relating to HHT.
 
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to carry out activities with respect to HHT, including conducting population screening and establishing an HHT resource center to provide comprehensive education on, and disseminate information about, HHT to health professionals, patients, industry, and the public. Sets forth requirements for HHT population screening, including requiring the Director of CDC to designate and provide funding for HHT Treatment Centers of Excellence.
 
Requires the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to award grants for: (1) an analysis of the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) file to develop preliminary estimates for preventable costs of annual health care expenditures associated with untreated HHT and socioeconomic costs associated with preventable medical events among Medicare beneficiaries with HHT; and (2) recommendations regarding an enhanced data collection protocol to permit a more precise determination of such costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Responsible Student Loan Solutions Act

Bill: 113-s-909
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Responsible Student Loan Solutions Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to limit the unpaid amount of Direct Stafford loans that students may amass before completing their undergraduate education. Varies that limit on the basis of whether a student is a dependent student, independent student, or dependent student whose parents are unable to borrow a Direct PLUS loan.
 
Limits the amount of Direct Stafford loans that students may borrow in any academic year before the completion of their undergraduate studies. Varies that limit on the basis of whether a student: (1) is a dependent student, independent student, or dependent student whose parents are unable to borrow a Direct PLUS loan; and (2) has or has not successfully completed the first year or first and second years of their undergraduate studies.
 
Sets the annual interest rate on Direct loans at the bond equivalent rate on 91-day Treasury bills plus a percentage that: (1) represents the total cost of administering the Direct Loan program and borrower benefits, and (2) results in the program being revenue neutral for the applicable 12-month period. Allows the Secretary of Education to use different percentages under that formula for the Direct Stafford Loan, Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, PLUS Loan, and Consolidation Loan programs.
 
Caps the annual interest rate for Direct Stafford loans at 6.8%, and for Direct Unsubsidized Stafford loans and Direct PLUS and Consolidation loans at 8.25%
 
Directs the Secretary to charge the borrower of a Direct PLUS loan an origination fee of up to 3% of the loan principal.
 
Limits the applicability of the preceding provisions to loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2013.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to refinance federal PLUS and Stafford loans to permit borrowers to obtain an interest rate determined pursuant to this Act's provisions.
 
Allows the Secretary to charge borrowers an administrative fee for refinancing such loans that does not exceed 0.5% of the loan principal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3260-3261)
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Indian tribes to receive charitable contributions of apparently wholesome food.

Bill: 113-s-910
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2013-05-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Income tax deductions
Indian social and development programs
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify Indian tribes as eligible recipients of tax deductible contributions of "apparently wholesome food," as defined by the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Transportation Safety Fund Act

Bill: 113-s-911
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Income tax rates
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Roads and highways
Taxation of foreign income
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
Emergency Transportation Safety Fund Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the tax rate on current and accumulated foreign earnings of U.S. corporations reinvested in the United States and make such lower rate permanent.
 
Establishes the Emergency Transportation Safety Fund and makes appropriations to it.
 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to compile a prioritized list of emergency transportation projects, which will guide the allocation of Fund amounts to the states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit direct payment to pharmacies for certain compounded drugs that are prepared by the pharmacies for a specific beneficiary for use through an implanted infusion pump.

Bill: 113-s-914
Sponsor: Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize direct payment under part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled) to a pharmacy for certain covered compound drugs prepared by the pharmacy for a specific beneficiary for the effective use of an implanted infusion pump.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3330)
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in Senate
American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-916
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Europe
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Military history
Outdoor recreation
U.S. history
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
 American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, with respect to the Battlefield Acquisition Grant Program, to: (1) expand the current definition of "battlefield report" to include the report entitled "Report to Congress on the Historic Preservation of Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Sites in the United States"; and (2) expand the Program to permit the acquisition not only of an "interest in an eligible site," but also an "eligible site." 
Requires acquisitions of lands or interests under the Act to be from willing sellers only. 
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress a report on activities carried out under this Act.
 
Prohibits the use of any acquisition grant program funds for purposes of lobbying.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-93.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3331)
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-917
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Food industry and services
Sales and excise taxes
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rate of the excise tax on beer produced within or imported into the United States for brewers who produce not more than 6 million barrels of beer a year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3332)
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3331-3332)
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in Senate
American Dream Accounts Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-918
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Financial literacy
Higher education
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
American Dream Accounts Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to eligible entities so each can establish and administer American Dream Accounts for a group of at least 30 low-income public school students who, at the time the entities apply for a grant, are attending a grade no higher than ninth grade.
 
Lists as eligible entities: (1) state educational agencies, (2) local educational agencies, (3) charter schools, (4) charter management organizations, (5) institutions of higher education (IHEs), (6) nonprofit organizations, (7) entities experienced in educational savings or assisting low-income students attain higher education, and (8) consortia of two or more of these entities.
 
Describes an American Dream Account as a personal online account for low-income students that monitors their progress toward higher education and includes a college savings account that provides some tax-preferred accumulation.
 
Requires American Dream Accounts to provide students with opportunities, either online or in person, to: (1) attain financial literacy; (2) learn about preparing for enrollment in an IHE; and (3) identify their skills or interests, including career interests.
 
Requires grantees, subject to federal privacy laws and regulations, to allow vested stakeholders to have secure Internet access to an American Dream Account, but not the college savings account portion of that Account.
 
Prohibits grantees from using their grant to provide the initial deposit into the college savings account portion of a student's American Dream Account.
 
Prohibits the funds in those college savings accounts from being considered in making federal student financial aid determinations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Non-Intercourse Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-920
Sponsor: Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Minnesota

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Non-Intercourse Act of 2013 - Authorizes the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Minnesota to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its interest in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States for the Band's benefit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-126.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-924
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2013-05-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Building construction
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: 
Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2013 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to increase the maximum total of contributions for a major disaster by an amount equal to 4% of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be made under the Act, if at the time of a declaration of a major disaster the affected state has in effect and is actively enforcing an approved state building code. 

Requires a state, to be eligible for the increased federal share, to submit its state building code to the President for approval.

Directs the President to approve a state building code submitted upon determining that it: (1) is consistent with the most recent version of a nationally recognized model building code, (2) has been adopted by the state within six years of the most recent version of the nationally recognized code, and (3) uses the nationally recognized code as a minimum standard.

Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to set appropriate standards for the periodic update, resubmittal, and approval of state building codes, consistent with similar mitigation planning requirements under the Stafford Act.

Authorizes the use by states and local governments of technical and financial assistance to implement predisaster hazard mitigation measures to establish and operate a building department and carry out enforcement activities to implement an approved state building code.

Directs the President, in determining whether to provide technical and financial assistance to a state or local government, to take into account the extent to which that government is carrying out activities to implement an approved state building code.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-09
text: Introduced in Senate