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To amend title 37, United States Code, to ensure that footwear furnished or obtained by allowance for enlisted members of the Armed Forces upon their initial entry into the Armed Forces complies with domestic source requirements.

Bill: 113-hr-2188
Sponsor: Rep. Michaud, Michael H. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Amends military pay and allowance provisions to require footwear furnished to or obtained by allowance for enlisted members of the Armed Forces upon their initial entry into service to comply with Department of Defense (DOD) requirements concerning the procurement of products through domestic sources (Buy American requirements), without regard to the applicability of any simplified acquisition threshold.
 
Provides an exception with respect to athletic footwear that is medically required to meet unique physiological needs that cannot be met by footwear complying with such procurement requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2190
Sponsor: Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Land transfers
Property rights
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2013 - Extends federal recognition to the following Indian tribes of Virginia and establishes their relationship with the federal government as described below: (1) the Chickahominy Tribe, (2) the Chickahominy Indian Tribe--Eastern Division, (3) the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, (4) the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., (5) the Monacan Indian Nation, and (6) the Nansemond Indian Tribe.
 
Makes the tribes and their members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized Indian tribes. Establishes the service area of each tribe and requirements for each tribe regarding its membership roll, governing documents, and governing body.
 
Requires the Secretary of the Interior, on request of any of the tribes, to take specified lands into trust for the benefit of that tribe, to be considered part of that tribe's reservation.
 
Prohibits the tribes from conducting gaming activities.
 
Prohibits this Act from affecting the hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, or water rights of the tribes and their members.
 
Prohibits the use of eminent domain to acquire lands in fee or in trust for an Indian tribe recognized under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee Indian and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E754-755)
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Families Flying Together Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2191
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Family relationships
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Families Flying Together Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations directing each air carrier to: (1) establish a policy to ensure that a family that purchases tickets for a flight is seated together during that flight, and (2) make the policy available to the public on the air carrier's website.
 
Defines &quot;family&quot; to mean a grouping of individuals that, at a minimum, includes: (1) a child age 12 years or younger; and (2) an individual age 18 years or older and responsible for accompanying that child, including a parent or legal guardian of that child.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-2192
Sponsor: Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-22]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Coal
Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Historic sites and heritage areas
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Mining
Monuments and memorials
Oil and gas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public participation and lobbying
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
National Monument Designation Transparency and Accountability Act - Amends the Antiquities Act of 1906 to require land reserved as part of a national monument to be confined to the smallest area essential to ensure the proper care and management of the objects of historic or scientific interest protected by the monument. 
 
Sets forth additional procedures for the designation of national monuments under the Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Superfund Polluter Pays Act

Bill: 113-hr-2193
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Pollution liability
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Superfund Polluter Pays Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code by reinstating until January 1, 2019, the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate and the corporate environmental income tax.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2195
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Mental health
Preschool education
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Promise Neighborhoods Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to award competitive, matching Promise Neighborhood Partnership grants to nonprofit organizations that partner with a local educational agency (LEA) to implement a comprehensive continuum of supports and services that engage community partners in improving the academic achievement, health and social development, and college and career readiness of children who live in distressed neighborhoods with underperforming schools.
 
Directs the Secretary to award competitive, matching Promise School grants to LEAs that partner with nonprofit organizations, and Indian or charter schools that partner with nonprofit organizations or institutions of higher education, to implement school-centered strategies and integrated student supports that leverage community partnerships to improve student achievement and development in schools with high concentrations of low-income children.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to renew Promise Neighborhood Partnership grants and Promise School grants if the grantees demonstrate significant success in: (1) ensuring children's school readiness; (2) improving their academic outcomes; (3) increasing their college and career readiness; and (4) improving their health, mental health, and social and emotional well-being.
 
Requires this Act's grantees to evaluate their programs continuously and improve them based on data and outcomes.
 
Directs the Secretary to evaluate this Act's grant programs and disseminate research on best practices for improving the academic achievement of children living in our most distressed communities.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to award matching planning grants to entities eligible for this Act's other grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
GREAT Teachers and Principals Act

Bill: 113-hr-2196
Sponsor: Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
National and community service
School administration
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Growing Education Achievement Training Academies for Teachers and Principals Act or the GREAT Teachers and Principals Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to states to: (1) create or approve teacher or principal preparation academies and create or designate authorizers of those academies; (2) support the creation and operation of such academies; and (3) award subgrants to nonprofit entities to establish or expand such academies, measure their effectiveness, or recruit enrollees who have demonstrated strong potential to be effective teachers or principals.
 
Requires each academy to enter into a charter with an authorizer that specifies the goals and outcomes expected of the academy and the obligations of the authorizer. Prohibits authorizers from renewing an academy's charter if it fails to produce the minimum number or percentage of effective teachers or principals specified in its charter.
 
Requires each academy to provide: (1) enrollees with a significant portion of their training through clinical preparation that partners them with successful teacher or principal mentors, and (2) certificates of completion only to graduates who demonstrate a track record of success in preparing students for college and careers.
 
Requires state grantees to recognize a certificate of completion from an academy as at least the equivalent of a master's degree in education for the purposes of teacher or principal hiring, retention, compensation, and promotion in the state.
 
Directs the Secretary to enter into an interagency agreement with the Corporation for National and Community Service under which the Corporation approves national service positions for candidates at each teacher or principal preparation academy receiving financial assistance under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E750-751)
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
National Activity Based Total Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2198
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
National Activity Based Total Accountability Act of 2013 - Requires each state government that receives federal financial assistance in a federal fiscal year to submit a state fiscal accounting report for such fiscal year to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that includes: (1) a one-page summary listing the total funding and expenditures of each budget entity of the state government; and (2) a unit-cost summary for each such entity that includes a statement of funds available, a line-item listing for each agency activity that the entity began, attempted, continued, or completed, and a reconciliation of funds available with adjusted expenditures. Sets forth formulae for determining unit-cost and adjusted expenditures.
 
Requires the Director to: (1) publish each report on an OMB website, (2) ensure that such state reports use a standardized form that permits the comparison of information, (3) establish a uniform system for classifying programs and activities, (4) identify conduct for each agency activity that constitutes a completed instance of such activity, and (5) identify performance measures for each agency activity.
 
 Requires the Director to inform each federal agency if a state fails to file such report and requires the agency to withhold 10% of any federal financial assistance provided to such state for the next fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Flood Insurance Implementation Reform Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2199
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Flood Insurance Implementation Reform Act of 2013 - Delays until three years after enactment of this Act the requirement of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Biggert-Waters) that any property located in an area participating in the national flood insurance program have the risk premium rate charged for flood insurance on the property adjusted to accurately reflect its current risk of flood.
 
Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to delay until five years after enactment of Biggert-Waters the prohibition against provision to prospective insureds of flood insurance by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) at (subsidy) rates less than full actuarial estimates for property purchased after enactment of Biggert-Waters.
 
Prohibits FEMA, when determining whether a community has made adequate progress on flood protection improvement systems, from counting federal funding or participation in such efforts.
 
Makes flood insurance available at certain special flood hazard area rates to riverine and coastal levees located in a community which FEMA has determined to be in the process of restoring a flood protection system previously accredited on a Flood Insurance Rate Map as providing 100-year frequency flood protection but which no longer does so. Requires such rates to apply without regard to the level of federal funding or participation.
 
Amends Biggert-Waters to authorize FEMA to to use other funds in addition to those specified in that Act to carry out a specified affordability study. Requires FEMA, upon notice to certain congressional committees that it cannot submit the report on that study by the current deadline, to specify in such notice an alternative method of gathering the requisite information and subsequently to submit the information so gathered.
 
Directs FEMA to: (1) identify, review, update, maintain and publish National Flood Insurance rate maps pertaining to areas protected by non-structural flood mitigation features; and (2) work with states, local communities, and property owners to identify such areas and features.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Rural Economic Vitalization Act

Bill: 113-hr-2201
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: General public lands matters
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
 Rural Economic Vitalization Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) or the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) accept and terminate any grazing permit or lease that is waived by a grazing permittee or lessee; and (2) not issue any new grazing permit or lease within the grazing allotment covered by the retired permit or lease, and ensure a permanent end to livestock grazing on such allotment.
 
Directs the appropriate Secretary, if a grazing allotment covered by a waived permit or lease is also covered by another permit or lease that is not waived, to reduce the level of commercial livestock grazing on the grazing allotment to reflect such waiver.
 
Deems a permittee or lessee who waives a grazing permit or lease to have waived any claim to all range developments on the associated grazing allotment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
LNG Excise Tax Equalization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2202
Sponsor: Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
LNG Excise Tax Equalization Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to adjust the excise tax on liquefied natural gas to 24.3 cents per energy equivalent of a gallon of diesel. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
HIRE Act

Bill: 113-hr-2204
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Housing and community development funding
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
Helping Individuals Return to Employment Act or HIRE Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to award competitive grants to eligible entities to hire unemployed individuals age 16 and older to perform a minimum of 20 hours per week of work to benefit certain communities, including activities such as public works, beautification, historic restoration, tutoring, and adult education.
 
Restricts such grants to eligible entities located in or primarily serving in a community designated either as a renewal community, an empowerment zone, or a historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone), if the unemployment rate in the area is higher than 7% during the 3-month period preceding award of the grant. 
 
Requires that priority in the award of grants be given to individuals who have been unemployed for more than a year.
 
Prescribes certain grant limitations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
Groundwork USA Trust Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2205
Sponsor: Rep. Tsongas, Niki [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2013-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Community life and organization
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial facilities
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Soil pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: 
 Groundwork USA Trust Act of 2013 - Establishes the Groundwork USA Trust Program. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to award grants to eligible nonprofit organizations to: (1) facilitate the inventory of brownfield sites, site assessments, remediation of brownfield sites, community involvement, or site preparation; (2) reclaim vacant and derelict lands; (3) cleanup and care for neglected areas; (4) return brownfields to productive use; (5) integrate environmental education, food security, health and fitness, resource management, and job training; (6) encourage and support business, local government, nonprofit, and community cooperation in sustainable environmental care and enhancement; (7) acquire, rehabilitate, and improve real property and buildings; and (8) develop programs that encourage partnering with other environmental organizations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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: 2013-05-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and 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: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-05-23
text: Introduced in House