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Protecting Seniors from Health Care Fraud Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3616
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Protecting Seniors from Health Care Fraud Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the HHS Office of Inspector General, and the Attorney General to report annually to Congress and the public on health care fraud schemes targeted to seniors and steps being taken to combat such schemes and to educate seniors about them.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) disseminate such reports through mechanisms that reach the most Medicare beneficiaries, and (2) mail to each Medicare beneficiary a list of the top 10 most prevalent health care fraud schemes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-11-21
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: 2013-11-21
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: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
LEARN Act

Bill: 113-hr-3617
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Learning, Educating, Achieving, and Retraining for the Nation Act or LEARN Act - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to: (1) make discretionary grants to states, local boards, and federally-recognized tribal organizations for adult on-the-job training or dislocated worker on-the-job training programs; and (2) use up to 10% of funds authorized under this Act to make grants to such entities for developing on-the-job training programs, including providing capacity building activities for local staff.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Kadiatou Diallo, Sankerala Diallo, Ibrahima Diallo, Abdoul Diallo, Mamadou Pathe Diallo, and Fatoumata Traore Diallo.

Bill: 113-hr-3618
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Provides for the relief of Kadiatou Diallo, Sankerala Diallo, Ibrahima Diallo, Abdoul Diallo, and Mamadou Pathe Diallo and Fatoumata Traore Diallo.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
STEP A Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3619
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2013-11-22 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Africa
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Performance measurement
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: 
STEP A Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act to extend the three-year pilot State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program originally established under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Introduced in House
Local Hire Act

Bill: 113-hr-3620
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2013-11-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Employee hiring
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: 
Local Hire Act - Authorizes a state to establish local hiring bid specifications or consider the hiring of local workers in the evaluation of bids and proposals for federal-aid highway projects. Authorizes recipients of federal assistance likewise to establish such specifications or consider local hiring in the evaluation of bids and proposals for public transportation projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2013-11-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Introduced in House
To provide for access to health insurance coverage of life-sustaining treatments furnished by certain providers.

Bill: 113-hr-3621
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2013-11-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: 
 Allows an individual residing in a state who had health insurance coverage in effect as of December 31 under which a provider furnished such individual benefits for a life-sustaining treatment with respect to a health condition, and for whom such coverage is not continued for the following plan year and is not offered in such state by such provider, to enroll in health insurance offered in any other state that provides for coverage of such treatment by such provider, as if such individual were a resident of such other state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Introduced in House
Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act

Bill: 113-hr-3623
Sponsor: Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2013-11-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Business records
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: 
Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies Act - Amends the Securities Act of 1933 (Act) to reduce from 21 to 15 the number of days before a &quot;road show&quot; that an emerging growth company (EGC), before its initial public offering (IPO) date, may publicly file a draft registration statement for confidential nonpublic review by Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff.
 
(A financial &quot;road show&quot; is an offer [other than a statutory prospectus or a portion of one] that contains a presentation regarding an offering by one or more members of the issuer's management and includes discussion of one or more of the issuer, such management, and the securities being offered. Typically, a road show is a series of meetings across different cities, often before an IPO, in which top executives from a company have the opportunity to talk with current or potential investors.)
 
Prescribes a grace period during which an issuer that was an EGC at the time it filed a confidential registration statement for confidential SEC review, but is no longer one, shall continue to be treated as one.
 
Authorizes an EGC, within one year of its IPO, to submit confidentially to the SEC a draft registration statement for any securities to be issued subsequent to its IPO (follow-on offerings) for confidential nonpublic review by SEC staff before publicly filing a registration statement, if the initial confidential submission, including amendments, is publicly filed with the SEC within two days before it issues those follow-on offerings.
 
 Amends the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act to direct the SEC to revise its general instructions on Form S-1 to prescribe conditions under which a registration statement that is filed by an issuer (or submitted for confidential review) before its IPO may omit financial disclosure information for historical periods otherwise required.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 56 - 0.
action_date: 2014-03-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1756)
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-10-23
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Prior to Introduction and Referral.
Trans Fat Truth in Labeling Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3624
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2013-11-22 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: 
Trans Fat Truth in Labeling Act of 2013 - Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) to promulgate a final regulation revising federal nutrition labeling regulations to: (1) require the label of a food that has less than 0.5 grams and greater than 0.0 grams of trans fat per serving to contain an asterisk or other notation and a note that the food has a low trans fat content per serving, and (2) prohibit the label or labeling on such a food from indicating that the trans fat content per serving is zero. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Introduced in House
To provide for termination liability costs for certain National Aeronautics and Space Administration projects, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3625
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2013-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Government liability
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Public contracts and procurement
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: 
Declares that termination liability costs for the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Launch System, and the Orion crew capsule (covered programs) shall be provided only pursuant to this Act.
 
Prohibits the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from reserving funds from amounts appropriated for a covered program, and instructs the Administrator to direct prime contractors not to reserve funds for potential termination liability costs respecting such a program.
 
Declares that it is the intent of Congress that funds authorized to be appropriated for covered programs be applied in meeting established technical goals and schedule milestones.
 
Declares void and unenforceable any provision in a prime contract entered into before enactment of this Act that provides for the payment of termination liability costs through any other means than as provided in this Act.
 
Bars the Administrator from initiating termination of a prime contract on a covered program for the convenience of the government unless it is authorized or required by a law enacted after this Act's enactment. Requires notice to specified congressional committees before initiating termination of a prime contract for cause. 
 
Requires the Administrator to notify Congress if an authorization of appropriations is necessary in advance of a proposed program termination because sufficient unobligated appropriations are not available in the appropriations account funding the contract. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Israel Sovereignty and Security Recognition Act

Bill: 113-hr-3629
Sponsor: Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2013-12-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Israel
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: 
Israel Sovereignty and Security Recognition Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United States should recognize Israel's sovereignty and legal right to its lands, including the Golan Heights and Jerusalem as Israel's capital; and (2) the Secretary of State should transfer the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Jerusalem, Israel, and either repurpose or sell the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv. 
 
Amends the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 to eliminate the President's authority to waive certain funding limitations for Department of State acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad until the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has officially opened.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa.
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Cure for AIDS Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3630
Sponsor: Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]
Introduced: 2013-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
HIV/AIDS
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Medical research
Military medicine
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: 
Cure for AIDS Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD), through the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program, to establish and support an accelerated research program dedicated to discovering a cure for HIV/AIDS. 
 
Instructs the Secretary to collaborate with the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and other appropriate federal agencies. 
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure that such research is highly targeted, (2) coordinate with at least one eligible nonprofit entity, and (3) ensure that the responsibilities of the non-profit entity include partnering with the Secretary in establishing research priorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2013-12-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2013-12-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2013-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Small Manufacturer Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3631
Sponsor: Rep. Hurt, Robert [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2013-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs
Small business
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: 
Small Manufacturer Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to grant the owner of a human generic drug facility a waiver from, or reduction of, one or more human generic drug fees if the Secretary finds that the assessment of the fee would present a significant barrier to market entry because of the owner's limited resources or other circumstances.
 
Requires an owner seeking such fee waiver or reduction to submit a written request no later than 180 days after the fee is due.
 
Prohibits the Secretary, in determining whether to grant such waiver or reduction, from considering anything other than the circumstances and assets of the owner and any affiliate of the owner.
 
Makes these provisions applicable to fees authorized to be assessed and collected for FY2014-FY2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Court Efficiency Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3632
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2013-12-02 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal appellate courts
Judges

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: 
Court Efficiency Act of 2013 - Directs the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional circuit judge for the second circuit court of appeals and one additional circuit judge for the eleventh circuit court of appeals.
 
Reduces from 11 to 8 the number of circuit judges appointed to the District of Columbia circuit court of appeals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-02
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Health Care Providers from Increased Administrative Burdens Act

Bill: 113-hr-3633
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2013-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-03
text: 
Protecting Health Care Providers from Increased Administrative Burdens Act - Prohibits a state or local government or other entity that receives a payment from the federal government related to the delivery of health care services to individuals, whether or not such individuals are or have been employed by the federal government, from being treated as a federal contractor or subcontractor by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs based on the work performed or actions taken by such individuals that resulted in the receipt of such payment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
action_date: 2013-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Commuter Rail Passenger Safety Act

Bill: 113-hr-3634
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2013-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Government lending and loan guarantees
Railroads
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-03
text: 
Commuter Rail Passenger Safety Act - Amends the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 to make the installing of positive train control systems eligible for railroad rehabilitation and improvement direct loans and loan guarantees. 
 
Extends the railroad safety technology grants program for FY2014-FY2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2013-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Update, Promote, and Develop America's Transportation Essentials Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3636
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2013-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-12-03
text: 
Update, Promote, and Develop America's Transportation Essentials Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that by 2024, the gas tax should be repealed and replaced with a more sustainable, stable funding source. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the excise tax on motor fuels, to increase the rate of tax on: (1) gasoline other than aviation gasoline to 33.3 cents per gallon after 2015 and before 2025, (2) diesel fuel or kerosene to 39.3 cents per gallon after 2015 and before 2025, and (3) diesel-water fuel emulsion. Delays the termination of such increased rates from the end of FY2016 to December 31, 2024. 
 
Imposes a floor stocks tax on rate increases for gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene (other than aviation-grade kerosene), subject to specified exemptions for exempt uses and low-volume producers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-12-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1781)
action_date: 2013-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-12-03
text: Introduced in House