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Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1317
Sponsor: Rep. Latham, Tom [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2013-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Income tax credits
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable income tax credit of up to $500 for the purchase of a qualified hearing aid for the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or a dependent of the taxpayer. Denies such tax credit to any taxpayer whose modified adjusted gross income exceeds $200,000.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Youth PROMISE Act

Bill: 113-hr-1318
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2013-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mental health
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Teenage pregnancy
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: 
Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education Act or the Youth Promise Act - Amends the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to establish a PROMISE Advisory Panel to assist the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in: (1) assessing and developing standards and evidence-based practices to prevent juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity, and (2) collecting data in designated geographic areas to assess the needs and existing resources for juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention.
 
Authorizes the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to award grants to local governments and Indian tribes to: (1) plan and assess evidence-based and promising practices for juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention, especially for at-risk youth; and (2) implement PROMISE plans, developed by local PROMISE Coordinating Councils (PCCs), for coordinating and supporting the delivery of juvenile delinquency and gang prevention and intervention programs in local communities. 
 
Establishes a National Research Center for Proven Juvenile Justice Practices to provide PCCs and the public with research and other information about evidence-based practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang prevention or intervention. 
 
Directs the Administrator to award grants to institutions of higher education to serve as regional research partners with PCCs that are located in the same geographic region as the educational institution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E353-355)
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Containing Risk, Offering Protection Act

Bill: 113-hr-1319
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Disaster relief and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: 
 Containing Risk, Offering Protection Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to provide insurance coverage for losses to an insured commodity destroyed or otherwise unable to be marketed or utilized for its intended purpose as a result of a federally-imposed quarantine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
SCREEN Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1320
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: 
Supporting Colorectal Examination and Education Now Act of 2013 or SCREEN Act of 2013 - Increases Medicare payments to qualifying Medicare providers by 10% for cancer screening tests recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Terminates the increase for a test when it reaches a 75% utilization rate for beneficiaries for whom such screening is recommended. Makes a Medicare provider eligible for such increased payment only if the provider: (1) participates in a nationally recognized quality improvement registry with respect to such test, and (2) demonstrates that the tests were provided in accordance with accepted outcomes-based quality measures.
 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to waive cost-sharing for colorectal cancer screening tests.
 
Extends Medicare coverage to include an outpatient office visit or consultation prior to a colorectal cancer test consisting of a screening colonoscopy, or in conjunction with an individual's decision regarding the performance of such a test on the individual, for the purpose of beneficiary education, assuring selection of the proper screening test, and securing information relating to the procedure and the sedation of the individual.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reduce the conversion factors for purposes of payment to physicians and hospital outpatient departments under Medicare to offset the additional expenditures under this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-21
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: 2013-03-21
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: 2013-03-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E352)
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1321
Sponsor: Rep. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2013-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Debt collection
Government information and archives
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: 
Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Paperwork Reduction Act to direct agency heads not to impose civil fines for first-time paperwork violations by small business concerns unless there is potential for serious harm to the public interest, the detection of criminal activity would be impaired, the violation is not corrected within six months, the violation is a violation of internal revenue law or a law concerning the assessment or collection of any tax, debt, revenue, or receipt, or the violation presents a danger to the public health or safety. Permits an agency to determine that a fine should not be imposed for a violation that presents a danger to public health or safety if the violation is corrected within 24 hours after receipt by the small business owner of notification of the violation. 
 
Makes this Act inapplicable to any violation by a small business of a requirement regarding the collection of information by an agency if the small business previously violated any requirement concerning the collection of information by that agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Customs Training Enhancement Act

Bill: 113-hr-1322
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2013-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Customs enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: 
Customs Training Enhancement Act - Directs the Commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to establish educational seminars at U.S. ports of entry to improve the ability of CBP personnel to classify and appraise articles imported into the United States in accordance with U.S. customs laws, including their ability to identify and prevent the mislabeling and transshipment of such articles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1323
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2013-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: 
Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for tax-exempt Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts to pay for trade or business expenses, including the purchase of equipment or facilities, marketing, training, incorporation, and accounting fees. Allows annual contributions to such accounts up to $10,000. Sets forth rules for the tax treatment of contributions to and rollovers from such accounts, similar to rules governing individual retirement accounts (IRAs).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Workforce Development Tax Credit Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1324
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2013-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: 
Workforce Development Tax Credit Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit for: (1) 50% of wages (up to $2,000) paid to an apprenticeship employee during an apprenticeship period, and (2) 40% of wages (up to $6,000) paid to such an employee during a post-apprenticeship period. Defines &quot;apprenticeship employee&quot; as any employee employed by an employer pursuant to an apprentice agreement registered with the Office of Apprenticeship of the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1325
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2013-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug therapy
Immunology and vaccination
Medicare
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: 
Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Benefits) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to extend the months of coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients. 
 
Amends SSA title XVIII (Medicare) to make eligible for enrollment in Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance), solely for the purpose of such drug coverage, every individual whose insurance benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance) have ended by reason of a kidney transplant or the end of any requirement for a regular course of dialysis. 
 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to determine a monthly premium rate for such individuals equal to 35% of the monthly actuarial rate for enrollees age 65 and over. Prescribes a formula for detemination of a government contribution to such a premium.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-21
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: 2013-03-21
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: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1326
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2013-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Hospital care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: 
Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2013 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require state Medicaid plans to provide that the state will establish and maintain laws to require disclosure of information on hospital charges, to make such information available to the public, and to provide individuals with information about estimated out-of-pocket costs for health care services. 
 
Directs the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to research and report to Congress on: (1) the types of information on the charges and out-of-pocket costs for health care services that individuals find useful in making decisions about where, when, and from whom to receive care; (2) how such types of information vary by whether they have health benefits coverage, and what kinds; and (3) ways in which such information may be available on a timely basis and in easy-to-understand form to individuals facing such decisions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Great Ape Conservation Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1328
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2013-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Africa
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Executive agency funding and structure
International organizations and cooperation
Mammals
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: 
Great Ape Conservation Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2013 - Amends the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to award a multi-year grant to an eligible person to implement a great ape conservation project that the person demonstrates is an effective, long-term conservation strategy for great apes and their habitats.
 
Requires the Secretary to convene a panel of experts to identify the greatest needs and priorities for the conservation of great apes within a year of this Act's enactment and every five years thereafter (current law authorizes the Secretary to convene a panel to consider the greatest conservation needs every two years). Requires the panel to include representatives from foreign range states with expertise in great ape conservation and to consider relevant great ape conservation plans or strategies, including scientific research and findings related to: (1) conservation needs and priorities of great apes, (2) regional or species-specific action plans or strategies, (3) applicable strategies developed or initiated by the Secretary, and (4) any other applicable conservation plan or strategy.
 
Authorizes the Secretary to pay expenses of convening and facilitating meetings of the panel.
 
Authorizes appropriations for the Great Ape Conservation Fund for FY2014-FY2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Marine Turtle Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1329
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Reptiles
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: 
Marine Turtle Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 to provide for its applicability to the United States (currently, the Act applies to foreign countries). 
 
Authorizes appropriations to the Marine Turtle Conservation Fund for FY2014-FY2018. Authorizes an increase in the amount available from the Fund for administrative expenses. Requires not less than 20% of amounts made available from the Fund for any fiscal year to be used for projects relating to the conservation of marine turtles in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
American Jobs Matter Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1332
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2013-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: 
American Jobs Matter Act of 2013 - Requires an executive agency to state in a solicitation for competitive proposals that the agency may consider information that the offeror may include on the effects awarding the contract to the offeror would have on employment within the United States (jobs impact statement). Allows such statement to include a guarantee that jobs created or retained in the United States will not be moved outside the United States after award of the contract. 
 
Requires each agency to: (1) assess, annually, the accuracy of such a statement submitted by an offeror awarded a contract; (2) submit an annual report on the frequency of use of such statements in evaluating competitive proposals; and (3) track the number of jobs created or retained during the performance of a contract awarded to an offeror that submitted such a statement. Authorizes an agency to evaluate whether a contractor should be proposed for debarment if the number of jobs that the agency estimates will be created based on such statement significantly exceeds the number created or retained.
 
 Sets forth analogous provisions for defense contracts. 
 
Requires revision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement the amendments made by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Military Family Leave Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1333
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2013-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: 
Military Family Leave Act of 2013 - Entitles an employed family member of a member of the Armed Forces who receives notification of a call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation, or who is deployed in connection with a contingency operation, to two workweeks of leave per year for each family member who is so called or deployed. Allows such leave to: (1) be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule; and (2) consist of paid or unpaid leave, as the employer considers appropriate.
 
Allows an employer to require certification of entitlement to such leave within a leave request.
 
Provides employment and benefits protection for employees upon their return from such leave. Prohibits an employer from interfering with or otherwise denying the exercise of such leave rights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Introduced in House