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National Nurse Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-485
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2013-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Nursing
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: 
National Nurse Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the position of National Nurse for Public Health within the Office of the Surgeon General. Requires the individual serving as the National Nurse for Public Health to serve also as the Chief Nurse Officer of the Public Health Service. Includes among the duties of such position providing leadership and coordination of Public Health Service nursing professional affairs for the Office of the Surgeon General and other agencies of the Public Health Service, conducting media campaigns, and providing guidance and leadership for activities that will increase public safety and emergency preparedness. 
 
Requires the National Nurse for Public Health to: (1) participate in identification of national health priorities, (2) encourage volunteerism of nurses and strengthen the relationship between government agencies and health-related national organizations, and (3) promote the dissemination of evidence-based practice in educating the public on health promotion and disease prevention activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Stop Tampering of Prescription Pills Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-486
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2013-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: 
Stop Tampering of Prescription Pills Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prescribe new drug application requirements for abuse-deterrent drugs: (1) containing as an active moiety (the part of the drug that makes it work the way it does) a controlled substance classified as opium, an opiate, or a derivative; (2) formulated for oral administration; (3) exhibiting physicochemical properties making them significantly more difficult or ineffective in altering the drug's characteristics for purposes of misuse or abuse; and (4) containing one or more additional ingredients intended to deter abuse through potential pharmacological effects.
 
Requires the Secretary to refuse a new drug application for any new (brand name) drug containing opium, an opiate, or a derivative as an active moiety that is not abuse-deterrent if an abuse-deterrent drug containing the same active moiety has been approved and has not been discontinued from marketing. Authorizes the Secretary to approve an application failing to meet such requirements, however, if approval is necessary to prevent or alleviate a drug shortage or otherwise address a significant unmet public health need.
 
Requires an abbreviated new (generic) drug application for an abuse-deterrent drug to include testing information demonstrating that the generic drug resists manipulation or the effect of manipulation to a degree at least comparable to the listed drug. Authorizes the Secretary to deny approval of a generic application if the listed drug is abuse-deterrent and one or more of the generic drug's active moieties differ in any material respect from those of the listed drug.
 
Declares that an approved generic drug shall not be considered bioequivalent to, or as having the same therapeutic effect as, a listed drug if the listed drug becomes abuse-deterrent unless and until the generic drug demonstrates that it resists manipulation or the effect of manipulation to a degree at least comparable to the listed drug.
 
Prescribes requirements governing when a drug which is not abuse-deterrent may have its approval withdrawn or suspended.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-487
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2013-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: 
Primary Care Workforce Access Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct a pilot project under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to test models for providing payment for direct graduate medical education (GME) and indirect medical education (IME) to medical education entities (MEEs), not otherwise eligible to receive such payments, for the costs of training primary care residents.
 
Requires testing of two of the following model MEEs: (1) a community-based independent corporate entity collaborating with two or more hospitals to operate one or more primary care graduate medical residency training programs (training hospitals); (2) a MEE, with at least one community representative on its board, which is established by two or more training hospitals which may be the sole corporate members of the MEE; (3) a hospital subsidiary or independent corporation, with community participation in its governance, that operates one or more training programs for a hospital; or (4) a MEE (including a university or school of medicine) independent of any hospital but collaborating with one in operating one or more primary care graduate medical residency training programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2013-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects.

Bill: 113-hr-488
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Indian lands and resources rights
Land use and conservation
Mining
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: 
 Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, with respect to the allocation of surface mining reclamation funds to states and Indian tribes, to authorize uncertified states and Indian tribes to use certain unexpended and unappropriated balance amounts for: (1) acid mine drainage abatement and treatment, and (2) noncoal abandoned mine land reclamation. 
 
 Modifies limitations placed upon the allocation of such surface mining reclamation funds to provide for payments for filling voids and sealing tunnels and entryways of noncoal mines as well as coal mines.
 
 (&quot;Uncertified states and Indian tribes&quot; are those which have not certified to the Secretary of the Interior completion of their abandoned coal mine reclamation work.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Introduced in House
HUBZone Expansion Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-489
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2013-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Economic development
Military facilities and property
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: 
HUBZone Expansion Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to include as a base closure area for purposes of the HUBZONE (historically underutilized business zone) program of the Small Business Administration (SBA) a military installation's municipality, county, census tract, or contiguous census tract having a total population of no more than 50,000, as determined by the most recent census.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act

Bill: 113-hr-490
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2013-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Judicial review and appeals
Terrorism
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: 
Visa Waiver Program Enhanced Security and Reform Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate any country as a program country; (2) adjust visa refusal rate criteria, including addition of a 3% maximum overstay rate; and (3) revise probationary and termination provisions.
 
Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) an evaluation of the security risks of aliens who enter the United States without an approved Electronic System for Travel Authorization verification, and (2) a description of any improvements needed to minimize the number of aliens who enter the United States without such verification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Introduced in House
FFOCUS Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-492
Sponsor: Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Monetary policy
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: 
Focusing the Fed on the Currency of the United States Act of 2013, or FFOCUS Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Reserve Act to repeal the joint mandate on the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee to make maximum employment one of the goals of their duty to maintain long run growth of the monetary and credit aggregates commensurate with the U.S. economy's long run potential to increase production.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Homeland Security Respect for Life Act

Bill: 113-hr-493
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2013-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Abortion
Appropriations
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: 
Homeland Security Respect for Life Act - Prohibits funds appropriated for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from being used to: (1) pay for an abortion, except in a case where a pregnant detainee suffers from a physical disorder, injury, or illness that would place the detainee in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by, or arising from, pregnancy itself, or in a case of rape or incest; or (2) require any person to perform, or facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-05
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: 2013-02-05
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: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Small BREW Act

Bill: 113-hr-494
Sponsor: Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2013-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Food industry and services
Sales and excise taxes
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: 
Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act or the Small BREW Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce the rate of the excise tax on beer produced within or imported into the United States for brewers who produce not more than 6 million barrels of beer a year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Free File Program Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-495
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2013-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: 
Free File Program Act of 2013 - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to continue to implement and operate the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Free File program (free online individual income tax preparation and electronic filing services provided by the private sector technology industry to lower income taxpayers).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House
To require amounts remaining in Members' representational allowances at the end of a fiscal year to be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-496
Sponsor: Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2013-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional operations and organization
Government information and archives
House of Representatives
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: 
Requires any amounts remaining of House Members' Representational Allowances after all payments are made for the year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, in fiscal years for which there is no federal budget deficit, to reduce the federal debt.
 
Requires publication in the Congressional Record, after each session of Congress or other period for which the Members' Representational Allowance is made available, of a statement showing, for such session or period, the amount deposited for each such Member and the total deposited for all Members.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House
America Works Act

Bill: 113-hr-497
Sponsor: Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2013-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Public-private cooperation
Vocational and technical education
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: 
America Works Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to require state or local workforce investment systems to use youth activities funds for programs that provide training, which may include priority consideration for training programs that lead to recognized postsecondary credentials aligned with in-demand occupations or industries in the local area involved.
 
Authorizes the operator and employees of a one-stop center, in assisting individuals in selecting programs of training services, to give priority consideration to such programs.
 
Revises eligibility requirements for providers of training services and providers of youth activities for such programs. Requires programs of training services and youth activities programs that lead to a recognized postsecondary credential to meet quality criteria established by the state governor.
 
Amends the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 and the Trade Act of 1974 to require the same priority consideration in the state and local plans for career and technical education programs as well as in tech prep programs and trade adjustment assistance (TAA) programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-02-05
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: 2013-02-05
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: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House
STOP Act

Bill: 113-hr-498
Sponsor: Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40]
Introduced: 2013-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Marketing and advertising
Medical research
Performance measurement
Research administration and funding
Roads and highways
School athletics
State and local government operations
Television and film
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: 
Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Reauthorization Act or STOP Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program to reduce underage drinking for FY2014-FY2018.
 
Revises reporting requirements for state programs on underage drinking.
 
 Specifies additional requirements for the development of the national media campaign to prevent underage drinking.
 
Directs the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to make grants to professional pediatric provider organizations to increase effective practices, including the screening of children and adolescents for alcohol use, to reduce the prevalence of alcohol use among individuals under the age of 21, including college students.
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to collect data and conduct or support new research on underage drinking that improves and conducts public health surveillance of alcohol use and alcohol-related conditions in states among individuals between age 18 and 20 by increasing the use of surveys, such as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, to monitor binge and excessive drinking and related harms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H508)
action_date: 2013-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Medicare You Can Buy Into Act

Bill: 113-hr-500
Sponsor: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2013-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: 
Public Option Act or Medicare You Can Buy Into Act - Amends part A of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize an option for any citizen or permanent resident of the United States to buy into Medicare. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Marijuana Tax Equity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-501
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2013-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: 
Marijuana Tax Equity Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose an excise tax on: (1) the sale of marijuana by producers or importers of such drug equal to 50% of the sales price, and (2) each person who is engaged in a marijuana enterprise. Defines &quot;marijuana enterprise&quot; to mean a producer, importer, manufacturer, distributor, retailer or any person who transports, stores, displays, or otherwise participates in any business activity that handles marijuana or marijuana products.
 
Requires any person who engages in a marijuana enterprise to obtain a permit to engage in such business. Imposes civil and criminal penalties for violations of the requirements of this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E98)
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-02-05
text: Introduced in House