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General Aviation Pilot Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3708
Sponsor: Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2013-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Licensing and registrations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: 
General Aviation Pilot Protection Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue or revise FAA medical certification regulations to ensure that an individual may operate as a pilot of a covered aircraft without regard to any medical certification or proof of health requirement otherwise applicable under federal law if the flight meets certain criteria and the individual: (1) possesses a valid state driver's license, (2) complies with applicable medical requirements associated with that license, (3) is transporting five or fewer passengers, and (4) is operating under visual flight rules.
 
Defines &quot;covered aircraft&quot; as an aircraft that: (1) is not authorized under federal law to carry more than six occupants, and (2) has a maximum certificated takeoff weight of no more than 6,000 pounds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3709
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Competition and antitrust
Contracts and agency
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Intellectual property
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: 
Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act of 2013 - Prohibits, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice and an unfair method of competition in or affecting interstate commerce, any person from being a party to any agreement resolving or settling a patent infringement claim in which: (1) an abbreviated new drug (generic) application filer receives anything of value; and (2) such filer agrees not to research, develop, manufacture, market or sell the generic drug. Excludes a resolution or settlement that includes no more than: (1) the right to market the generic drug before the expiration of the patent or other exclusivity period, or (2) the waiver of a patent infringement claim for damages. 
 
Authorizes the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to exempt agreements in furtherance of market competition and for the benefit of consumers.
 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem an applicant to have forfeited market exclusivity if the applicant enters into an agreement that violates this Act.
 
Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to revise reporting requirements related to agreements between a generic drug applicant and a brand name drug company to include: (1) a description of the subject matter of other agreements between the parties; and (2) a certification that the materials filed represent the complete, final, and exclusive agreement between the parties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2013-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: Introduced in House
Medicare CGM Coverage Act

Bill: 113-hr-3710
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: 
Medicare CGM Coverage Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to cover continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (including a transmitter, receiver, sensors, and test strips required for use) as durable medical equipment (DME).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-11
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: 2013-12-11
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: 2013-12-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for the registration of marks consisting of a flag, coat of arms, or other official insignia of the United States or of any State or local government, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3713
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Intellectual property
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Amends trademark registration criteria under the Trademark Act of 1946 to specify that the United States, or any state, municipality, county, political subdivision, or other governmental authority in the United States, may register with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) a trademark that consists of, or comprises, its own flag, coat of arms, or other official insignia. (Currently, an applicant's trademark registration is subject to refusal if the mark consists of, or comprises, the flag or coat of arms or other insignia of the United States, or of any state or municipality, or of any foreign nation.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Personal Drug Importation Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3715
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Africa
Asia
Australia
Canada
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Europe
European Union
Israel
Japan
New Zealand
Oceania
Prescription drugs
South Africa
Switzerland
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Personal Drug Importation Fairness Act of 2013 - Allows a drug to be imported into the United States, and re-imported into the United States by a person other than the drug's manufacturer, if the drug: (1) has the same active ingredients, route of administration, and strength as a prescription drug approved under provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) regarding adulterated drugs; (2) may be lawfully marketed in, and is imported or reimported from, a qualified country; (3) is dispensed by a licensed pharmacist; (4) is shipped directly to, or is imported by, the ultimate consumer from the qualified country; (5) is shipped or imported in quantities that do not exceed a 90-day supply; and (6) is accompanied by a copy of a valid prescription.
 
Defines: (1) &quot;drug&quot; for purposes of this Act as excluding any controlled substance; and (2) &quot;qualified country&quot; to mean any of specified countries (Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, South Africa, a member-state of the European Union, or a country in the European Economic Area) that is determined by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) to have standards for ensuring drug safety and effectiveness that are at least as protective as U.S. standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3718
Sponsor: Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health personnel
Medical research
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2013 - Provides that: (1) specified diseases, including heart disease, lung disease, and specified cancers of federal employees employed in fire protection activities for a minimum of 5 years shall be presumed to be proximately caused by such employment if the employee is diagnosed with the disease within 10 years of the last active date of employment in fire protection activities; (2) the disability or death of such an employee due to such a disease shall be presumed to result from personal injury sustained while in the performance of duty; and (3) such presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence. Allows such presumption for fire protection employees who contract any uncommon infectious disease, including but not limited to tuberculosis, hepatitis A, B, or C, or the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), regardless of the length of employment of such employee.
 
Defines an "employee in fire protection activities" as a firefighter, paramedic, emergency medical technician, rescue worker, ambulance personnel, or hazardous material worker, who: (1) is trained in fire suppression; (2) has the legal authority and responsibility to engage in fire suppression; (3) is engaged in the prevention, control, and extinguishment of fires or response to emergency situations where life, property, or the environment is at risk; and (4) performs such activities as a primary responsibility of his or her job.
 
Directs the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to examine the implementation of this Act and appropriate scientific and medical data related to the health risks associated with firefighting and to report to Congress on: (1) an analysis of the injury claims made under this Act, (2) an analysis of the available research related to the health risks associated with firefighting, and (3) recommendations for any administrative or legislative actions necessary to ensure that those diseases most associated with firefighting are included in the presumption created by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership Reauthorization Act

Bill: 113-hr-3721
Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Farmland
Historic sites and heritage areas
Iowa

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership Reauthorization Act - Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 reauthorize the America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership (located in Iowa).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
To provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State.

Bill: 113-hr-3722
Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Athletes
Civil actions and liability
Health care quality
Health personnel
Jurisdiction and venue
Professional sports
School athletics

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Provides that for purposes of medical professional liability insurance or civil and criminal malpractice liability determinations, a physician or athletic trainer (covered sports medicine professional) who is authorized to practice medicine in a state (primary state) and who provides medical services to an athlete or athletic team in a state where such professional is not authorized to practice (secondary state) shall be deemed to have provided such medical services in the primary state, provided that prior to providing the covered medical services such professional has disclosed the nature and extent of such services to the entity that provides such professional with medical professional liability insurance in the primary state. 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3724
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Digital media
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2013 - Prohibits a state or local jurisdiction from imposing multiple or discriminatory taxes on the sale or use of a digital good or service delivered or transferred electronically to a customer. Excludes from the definition of "digital service" a service that is predominantly attributable to the direct, contemporaneous expenditure of live human effort, skill, or expertise, a telecommunications service, an ancillary service, an Internet access service, an audio or video programming service, or a hotel intermediary service.
 
Restricts taxation of a digital good or service to taxation by a state or local jurisdiction whose territorial limits encompass a customer tax address, as defined by this Act. Makes the seller of digital goods or services responsible for obtaining and maintaining such address. Provides for the taxation of digital goods and services transactions that are aggregated and not separately stated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Entrepreneurs Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3725
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Retail and wholesale trades
Small business
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Veterans Entrepreneurs Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit of up to $400,000 for 25% of the franchise fees paid or incurred by a veteran for the purchase of a franchise. Reduces the amount of such credit if the veteran does not own 100% of the stock or capital or profits interest of the franchisee.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide information about the tax credit allowed by this Act to veterans service organizations and veteran advocacy groups.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive Act

Bill: 113-hr-3726
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Long-Term Unemployed Hiring Incentive Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow through December 31, 2016, a work opportunity tax credit for hiring a qualified long-term unemployed individual. Defines "qualified long-term unemployed individual" as any individual certified by the designated local agency as: (1) having exhausted, as of the hiring date, all rights to regular compensation under federal or state law; (2) having no rights to regular compensation with respect to the most recent week ending before the hiring date; and (3) not receiving compensation under the unemployment compensation law of Canada. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Keep the EPA Honest Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3727
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Keep the EPA Honest Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from proposing any standard of performance under the Clean Air Act for carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units before finalizing and publishing a standard of performance for such emissions from new fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Wild Game Donation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3728
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Meat
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Wild Game Donation Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase the tax deduction for charitable contributions of qualified wild game meat by the processing fees paid with respect to such contributions, and (2) exclude from the gross income of meat processors processing fees paid by a charitable organization for the processing of donated wild game meat. 
 
Defines "qualified wild game meat" as the meat of any animal typically used for human consumption but only if: (1) such animal is killed in the wild by the individual making the charitable contribution and is hunted or taken in accordance with all state and local laws, (2) the meat is processed for human consumption by a licensed processor, and (3) the meat is apparently wholesome as determined by regulations under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Korean Immigration Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 113-hr-3729
Sponsor: Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Asia
Commemorative events and holidays
Currency
Immigration status and procedures
North Korea
Racial and ethnic relations
South Korea

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Korean Immigration Commemorative Coin Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, during the one-year period beginning January 1, 2018, to mint and issue $5 gold coins and $1 silver coins emblematic of the immigration of Koreans into the United States and their significant contributions to this nation.
 
Requires all surcharges received from coin sales to be promptly paid by the Secretary to the Council on 100th Year Korean Immigration Commemorative Coin Act in order to provide academic scholarships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Ms. Meng asked unanimous consent that she be considered the first sponsor of H.R. 3729, a bill originally introduced by Representative Andrews of New Jersey, for the purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 or rule XII.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
Federal Exchange Data Breach Notification Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3731
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2013-12-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: 
Federal Exchange Data Breach Notification Act of 2013 - Requires an American Health Benefit Exchange to notify each individual whose personal information is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security of any system maintained by such Exchange, in accordance with the requirements of the Health Breach Notification Rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). 
 
Requires any violation of such requirement to be treated as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-12
text: Introduced in House