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Maine Coastal Islands Wilderness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1808
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Maine
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
 Maine Coastal Islands Wilderness Act of 2013 - Designates specified lands in Maine within the Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge, to be known as the Cross Island Wilderness, and within the Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge, to be known as the Maine Coastal Islands Wilderness, as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-1809
Sponsor: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Government information and archives
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to post notices of average times for the processing of compensation claims, as well as the percentage of claims approved, in a conspicuous place in each VA regional office and claims intake facility and on the VA website.
 
Requires the Secretary to notify each person submitting a claim of the above information, as well as the person's eligibility to receive up to an extra year of benefit payments upon filing a claim that is fully developed.
 
Requires the notice information to be updated at least quarterly.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2378-2379)
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Gasparilla Island Unit in Florida.

Bill: 113-hr-1810
Sponsor: Rep. Radel, Trey [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Florida
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Replaces the map subtitled "Gasparilla Island Unit FL-70P" included in the set of maps entitled "Coastal Barrier Resources System" (referred to in specified provisions of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act and relating to the Gasparilla Island Unit in Florida) with another map relating to the same unit entitled "John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Corrected Gasparilla Unit FL-70/FL-70P," draft dated May 23, 2012.

action_date: 2014-12-01
text: 
Revises the boundaries of the Gasparilla Island Unit FL-70P in the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System in Florida.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-01
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 475.
action_date: 2014-12-01
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-635.
action_date: 2014-12-01
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-635.
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
To remove from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System areas included in Florida System Unit P-16, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-1811
Sponsor: Rep. Radel, Trey [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Building construction
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Florida
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Directs the Secretary of the Interior to revise the maps of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System to remove from Florida System Unit P-16 the areas of Collier County, Florida, known as Royal Marco Point on Marco Island and La Peninsula of the Isles of Capri in Naples.
 
Exempts such removed areas from provisions denying new insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Program to properties in violation of state or local laws restricting land development or occupancy in flood-prone areas, thereby making new flood insurance available to the removed areas. Prohibits the removed areas from being denied flood insurance pursuant to such restrictions unless: (1) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) determines that such property would have been declared by a state or local zoning authority to be in violation of state or local laws without regard to whether this Act had been in effect at the time of such declaration; or (2) after the enactment of this Act, a state or local zoning authority finds such property to be in violation of such state or local laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Partner with Korea Act

Bill: 113-hr-1812
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Foreign labor
South Korea
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Partner with Korea Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create an E-4 treaty trader visa category for up to 15,000 nationals of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) each fiscal year who are coming to the United States solely to perform specialty occupation services and with respect to whom the Secretary of Labor has certified to the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Secretary of State that the intending employer has filed an attestation concerning U.S. worker protections with the Secretary of Labor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
EACH Act

Bill: 113-hr-1814
Sponsor: Rep. Schock, Aaron [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Religion
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Equitable Access to Care and Health Act or the EACH Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to minimum essential health care coverage requirements added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to allow an additional religious exemption from such requirements for individuals whose sincerely held religious beliefs would cause them to object to medical health care provided under such coverage. 
 
Defines &quot;medical health care&quot; to mean voluntary health treatment by or supervised by a medical doctor that would be covered under minimum essential coverage that: (1) includes voluntary acute care treatment at hospital emergency rooms, walk-in clinics, or similar facilities; and (2) excludes treatment not administered or supervised by a medical doctor, physical examinations or treatment required by law or third parties, and vaccinations. 

action_date: 2014-03-11
text: 

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

 
Equitable Access to Care and Health Act or the EACH Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to minimum essential health care coverage requirements added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to allow an additional religious exemption from such requirements for individuals whose sincerely held religious beliefs would cause them to object to medical health care provided under such coverage. 
 
Defines "medical health care" to mean voluntary health treatment by or supervised by a medical doctor that would be covered under minimum essential coverage that: (1) includes voluntary acute care treatment at hospital emergency rooms, walk-in clinics, or similar facilities; and (2) excludes treatment not administered or supervised by a medical doctor, physical examinations or treatment required by law or third parties, and vaccinations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-12
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H2273)
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(consideration: CR H2273)
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1814.
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2273-2276)
action_date: 2014-03-11
text: Mr. Schock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. (consideration: CR H2273)
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' STEM Education Program

Bill: 113-hr-1816
Sponsor: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Veterans' STEM Education Program - Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to pay an additional appropriate amount to each individual entitled to post 9/11 educational assistance who is pursuing a program of education with a STEM focus (science, technology, engineering, and math). Makes such amount in addition to any other educational assistance to which the individual is entitled.
 
Requires information on such additional payments to be included in a currently-required annual VA educational assistance report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1818
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Canada
Endangered and threatened species
Hunting and fishing
Licensing and registrations
Mammals
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue a permit for the importation of any polar bear part (other than an internal organ) from a polar bear taken in a sport hunt in Canada to any person who submits proof that the polar bear was legally harvested before May 15, 2008 (currently by February 18, 1997), when polar bears were listed as a threatened species by the Department of the Interior.

action_date: 2013-09-10
text: 

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

 
Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to direct the Secretary of the Interior to issue a permit for the importation of any polar bear part (other than an internal organ) from a polar bear taken in a sport hunt in Canada to any person who submits proof that the polar bear was legally harvested before May 15, 2008 (currently by February 18, 1997), when polar bears were listed as a threatened species by the Department of the Interior.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 149.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-202.
action_date: 2013-09-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-202.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2013-07-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1819
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Canada
Endangered and threatened species
Hunting and fishing
Mammals
Outdoor recreation
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: 
Restoration of the U.S.-Russia Polar Bear Conservation Fund Act of 2013 - Amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow the importation of polar bear parts taken legally in sport hunts in Canada.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1821
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2013-04-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: 
Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each Medicare participating hospital to implement a hospital-wide staffing plan for nursing services furnished in the hospital.
 
Requires the plan to require that an appropriate number of registered nurses provide direct patient care in each unit and on each shift of the hospital to ensure staffing levels that: (1) address the unique characteristics of the patients and hospital units; and (2) result in the delivery of safe, quality patient care consistent with specified requirements.
 
Requires each participating hospital to establish a hospital nurse staffing committee which shall implement such plan.
 
Specifies civil monetary and other penalties for violation of the requirements of this Act.
 
Sets forth whistleblower protections against discrimination and retaliation involving patients or employees of the hospital for their grievances, complaints, or involvement in investigations relating to such plan.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-04-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2013-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: Introduced in House
To extend the authorization period for certain uses of funds from the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund.

Bill: 113-hr-1822
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2013-04-30 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
California
Government trust funds
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: 
Amends the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 to extend the period during which the Secretary of the Army may use amounts in the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund to operate and maintain a water quality project administered by the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority, in California, or the Central Basin Water Quality Project administered by the Central Basin Municipal Water District from 10 to 15 years after the initial date of operation of the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: Introduced in House
PLAQ Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1823
Sponsor: Rep. Heck, Joseph J. [R-NV-3]
Introduced: 2013-04-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Pest management
Smuggling and trafficking
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: 
Protecting Lakes Against Quaggas Act of 2013 or the PLAQ Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to prohibit the importation or shipment of the species of mussels of the genus Dreissena (thus covering quagga mussels). (Currently, the prohibition applies to only the zebra mussel of the species Dreissena polymorpha.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: Introduced in House
VA Regional Office Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-1824
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2013-04-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Performance measurement
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: 
VA Regional Office Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include in a required annual report on Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) expenditures and activities a report on each VA regional office that failed to reach administrative goals concerning the timeliness and accuracy of veterans' claims adjudication.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-04-30
text: Introduced in House
No Monuments to Me Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1826
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2013-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional tributes
Members of Congress
Monuments and memorials
Presidential administrations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: 
No Monuments to Me Act of 2013 - Prohibits the use of federal funds for any real property, project, or program named for an individual then serving as a Member of Congress (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner) or as President. Excepts: (1) any presidential library; or (2) any project or program commenced, or any real property named, prior to the enactment of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2013-05-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2013-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Pediatric Subspecialty and Mental Health Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1827
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2013-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Mental health
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: 
Pediatric Subspecialty and Mental Health Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Reauthorizes through FY2018 a pediatric specialty educational loan repayment program for health professionals providing pediatric medical subspecialty, pediatric surgical specialty, or child and adolescent mental and behavioral health care in an area with a shortage of the specified pediatric subspecialty that has a sufficient pediatric population to support the subspecialty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-06
text: Introduced in House