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Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-575
Sponsor: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Firearms and explosives
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Second Amendment Protection Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should not adopt any treaty that poses a threat to national sovereignty or abridges the rights guaranteed by the Constitution, such as the right to bear arms, and should cease the provision of financial support to any entity that does so. 
 
Prohibits the United States from providing any funding to the United Nations (U.N.) for a fiscal year unless the President certifies to Congress that the U.N. has not taken action to infringe on the rights of individuals in the United States to possess a firearm or ammunition, or abridge any of the other constitutionally protected rights of U.S. citizens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Save Endangered Species Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-576
Sponsor: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Hunting and fishing
Mammals

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Save Endangered Species Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Interior to reissue the final rule published on September 2, 2005, which allows for the taking, export or re-import, delivery, receipt, carrying, and transport, shipment, or sale in interstate or foreign commerce, in the course of a commercial activity, of U.S. captive-bred live scimitar-horned oryx, addax, or dama gazelle, including embryos, gametes, and sport-hunted trophies, as long as certain criteria are met, including that the purpose of such activity is associated with the management or transfer of live wildlife or sport hunting in a manner that contributes to increasing or sustaining captive numbers or to potential reintroduction to range countries.
 
Directs the Secretary to reissue such rule without regard to any other statute or regulation that applies to issuance of such rule. Exempts such reissuance from judicial review.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-577
Sponsor: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Veterans Second Amendment Protection Act - Prohibits, in any case arising out of the administration of laws and benefits by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), considering any person who is mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent, or experiencing an extended loss of consciousness from being considered adjudicated as a mental defective for purposes of the right to receive or transport firearms without the order or finding of a judicial authority of competent jurisdiction that such person is a danger to himself or herself or others.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Respecting States' Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-578
Sponsor: Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Respecting States' Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013 - Amends the federal criminal code to authorize a person who is not prohibited from possessing, transporting, shipping, or receiving a firearm under federal law, who is entitled and not prohibited from carrying a concealed firearm in his or her state of residence or who is carrying a valid state license or permit to carry a concealed weapon, and who is carrying a government-issued photographic identification document, to carry a concealed handgun (which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, other than a machine gun or destructive device) in any state in accordance with the restrictions of that state.
 
Provides that in a state that allows the issuing authority for licenses or permits to carry concealed firearms to impose restrictions on the carrying of firearms by individual license or permit holders, an individual carrying a concealed handgun under this Act shall be permitted to carry it according to the same terms authorized by an unrestricted license or permit issued by such state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
To designate the United States courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the "R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse".

Bill: 113-hr-579
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Mississippi

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the &quot;R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse.&quot;

action_date: 2013-09-27
text: 

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

 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the &quot;R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse.&quot;

action_date: 2014-12-08
text: 

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

 
Designates the U.S. courthouse located at 501 East Court Street in Jackson, Mississippi, as the &quot;R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8844-8845)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8844-8845)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 579.
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8844-8845)
action_date: 2014-12-08
text: Mr. Petri moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2013-09-27
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 58.
action_date: 2013-09-27
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-233.
action_date: 2013-09-27
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 113-233.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-07-18
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
action_date: 2013-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Expedited LNG for American Allies Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-580
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Alliances
Asia
Free trade and trade barriers
Japan
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Oil and gas
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text:  
Expedited LNG for American Allies Act of 2013 - Amends the Natural Gas Act to deem consistent with the public interest an expedited application and approval process without modification or delay for the exportation of natural gas to a foreign country that is: (1) a nation with which there is in effect a free trade agreement requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas (as under existing law); (2) a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); (3) Japan, as long as the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan remains in effect; and (4) any other foreign country if the Secretary of State determines that such exportation promotes U.S. national security interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
First Responder Medical Device Tax Relief Act

Bill: 113-hr-581
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
First Responder Medical Device Tax Relief Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt a qualified emergency medical device from the excise tax on medical devices. Defines &quot;qualified emergency medical device&quot; as a medical device furnished by first responders or ambulance services in providing out-of-hospital or pre-hospital care, or transport to a medical care facility, for individuals with illnesses, injuries, or other medical emergencies or in need of medical transport, extrication, or evacuation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act

Bill: 113-hr-582
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) terminate the requirement, added by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), that individuals maintain minimum essential health insurance coverage for themselves and dependents; and (2) repeal provisions added by PPACA requiring certain employers who have a workforce of 50 or more full-time employees to provide health insurance coverage for their employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require labeling of genetically engineered fish.

Bill: 113-hr-584
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Fishes
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Genetics
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to deem a food to be misbranded if it contains genetically-engineered fish unless the food bears a label stating that it contains genetically-engineered fish.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Anchorage Land Conveyance Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-585
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Economic development
Land transfers
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Anchorage Land Conveyance Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the city of Anchorage, Alaska, the reversionary interests of the United States in specified parcels of non-federal land in order to unencumber the title to such land to enable the economic development of such land. 
 
Requires the city to pay all costs associated with such conveyance. 

action_date: 2013-12-16
text: 

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

 
Anchorage Land Conveyance Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to convey, without consideration, to the city of Anchorage, Alaska, the reversionary interests of the United States in specified parcels of non-federal land in order to unencumber the title to such land to enable the economic development of such land. 
 
Requires the city to pay all costs associated with such conveyance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 216.
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-298.
action_date: 2013-12-16
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-298.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-10-30
text: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Discharged.
action_date: 2013-06-06
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Niblack and Bokan Mountain Mining Area Roads Authorization Act

Bill: 113-hr-587
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Forests, forestry, trees
Licensing and registrations
Mining
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Niblack and Bokan Mountain Mining Area Roads Authorization Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, to establish a road corridor: (1) following 1 of the 2 routes identified as "Niblack Route 1" or "Niblack Route 2" on the map entitled "Road to Niblack Mine and Bokan Mountain Route Extension," numbered 1, and dated June 21, 2012; and (2) to the Bokan Mountain mine that branches off the Niblack Mine road corridor in order to connect the Prince of Wales Island road system in Alaska to the area of the Niblack and Bokan Mountain patented mineral claims on the southeast side of Prince of Wales Island.
 
Sets forth requirements for such road corridor.
 
Authorizes Alaska and the Prince of Wales Community Advisory Council to participate as cooperating agencies during the preparation of any environmental impact statement prepared with respect to the road corridor. 
 
Expresses the intent of Congress that any federal permit required for such road construction be issued or denied within one year after the date of the permit application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-19
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the National Organ Transplant Act to prevent the sale of bone marrow and umbilical cord blood, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-589
Sponsor: Rep. Young, C. W. Bill [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Medical ethics
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: 
Amends the National Organ Transplant Act to prohibit acquiring, receiving, or otherwise transferring a cord blood unit (the neonatal blood collected from the placenta and umbilical cord of a single newborn baby) for valuable consideration for use in human transplantation if the transfer affects interstate commerce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Nery Antonio Velasquez-Roblero.

Bill: 113-hr-590
Sponsor: Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Provides for the relief of Nery Antonio Velasquez-Roblero.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Edi Orlando Garcia Armas.

Bill: 113-hr-591
Sponsor: Rep. Pastor, Ed [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2013-02-06 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Provides for the relief of Edi Orlando Garcia Armas.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Education Equity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-595
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2013-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: 
Veterans Education Equity Act of 2013 - Revises the formula for the payment by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of tuition and fees for individuals entitled to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program and pursuing programs of education at public institutions of higher learning to include, as an additional payment formula, the greater of: (1) the actual net costs for in-state tuition after applying the receipt of any tuition waivers, reductions, scholarships, or other assistance; or (2) $17,500 for the academic year beginning on August 1, 2011 (such amount to be increased each subsequent year by the average percentage increase in undergraduate tuition costs).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 5, United States Code, to give members of the United States Capitol Police the option to delay mandatory retirement until age 60.

Bill: 113-hr-598
Sponsor: Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2013-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional agencies
Congressional officers and employees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Physical fitness and lifestyle

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: 
Revises mandatory retirement requirements for members of the U.S. Capitol Police under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) and the Federal Employees' Retirement System (FERS).
 
Requires the Capitol Police Board, at a member's request, to exempt the individual from automatic separation requirements until he or she becomes age 60, if the member: (1) undergoes a physical examination during the six-month period ending on the day the member turns age 57, and (2) on the basis of the examination meets appropriate physical fitness criteria.
 
(Currently, the Board, when in its judgement the public interest so requires, may exempt such a member from automatic separation until that member becomes 60 years of age.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Introduced in House