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Life, Liberty, and Justice for All Americans Act

Bill: 113-hr-1269
Sponsor: Rep. Radel, Trey [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2013-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Due process and equal protection
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: 
Life, Liberty, and Justice for All Americans Act - Prohibits the President from using lethal military force against a U.S. citizen located in the United States.
 
Provides an exception if the President determines that: (1) the individual poses an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to another individual, and (2) using such force will prevent or minimize such death or injury.
 
States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to allow the killing of a U.S. citizen without due process of law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2013-03-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2013-03-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2013-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Job Skills for America's Students Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1271
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2013-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Income tax credits
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: 
Job Skills for America's Students Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employers who partner with educational institutions to provide skills training a tax credit of $2,000 for each participating student, up to a maximum credit of $10,000 in a taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Maple Tapping Access Program Act

Bill: 113-hr-1272
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
Food industry and services
Forests, forestry, trees

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: 
Maple Tapping Access Program Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to make grants to states, tribal governments, and research institutions to promote the domestic maple syrup industry through: (1) promotion of research and education, (2) promotion of natural resource sustainability, (3) market promotion, and (4) encouragement of owners and operators of privately held land to initiate or expand maple-sugaring activities or to voluntarily make the land available to the public for maple-sugaring activities.
 
Defines &quot;maple-sugaring&quot; as the collection of sap from any species of tree in the genus Acer for the purpose of boiling to produce food.
 
 States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt a state or tribal government law, including a state or tribal government liability law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Rural Energy Improvement Act

Bill: 113-hr-1273
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government lending and loan guarantees
Rural conditions and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: 
Rural Energy Improvement Act - Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 regarding the Rural Energy for America Program to: (1) extend the Program through FY2018, (2) create a tiered loan and grant application process that reflects project costs, and (3) prohibit requiring a second meter for on-farm residential portions of rural projects connected to the energy grid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1274
Sponsor: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug therapy
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: 
Access to Quality Diabetes Education Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to recognize state-licensed or -registered certified diabetes educators or state-licensed or -registered health care professionals who specialize in teaching individuals with diabetes to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to manage the individual's diabetic condition and are certified as a diabetes educator by a recognized certifying body.
 
Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the barriers that exist for Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes in accessing diabetes self-management training services under the Medicare program.
 
Requires the Director of the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a series of recommendations on effective outreach methods to educate primary care physicians and other health care providers as well as the public about the benefits of diabetes self-management training. 


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: 2013-03-19
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: 2013-03-19
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: 2013-03-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-19
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Guarantee Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1275
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
Social Security Guarantee Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a benefit guarantee certificate to each individual entitled to benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act.
 
States that any such certificate constitutes budget authority in advance of appropriations Acts, and represents the obligation of the federal government to provide for payment of OASDI benefits named on the certificate, as adjusted (for inflation or otherwise), to the individual to whom it is issued.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act

Bill: 113-hr-1276
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Canada
Currency
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Latin America
Mexico
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to include as a &quot;countervailable subsidy&quot; requiring action under a countervailing duty or antidumping duty proceeding the benefit conferred on merchandise imported into the United States from foreign countries with fundamentally undervalued currency.
 
Defines &quot;benefit conferred,&quot; in cases where the currency of a foreign country is exchanged for foreign currency (i.e., U.S. dollars) obtained from export transactions, as the difference between: (1) the amount of currency provided by a foreign country in which the subject merchandise is produced, and (2) the amount of currency such country would have provided if the real effective exchange rate of its currency were not fundamentally undervalued.
 
Declares that the fact that such a subsidy is also provided in circumstances not involving export shall not, for that reason alone, mean it cannot be considered export contingent and actionable under a countervailing duty and antidumping duty proceeding.
 
Requires the administering authority to determine that the currency of a foreign country is fundamentally undervalued if for an 18-month period: (1) the government of the country engages in protracted, large-scale intervention in one or more foreign exchange markets; (2) the country's real effective exchange rate is undervalued by at least 5%; (3) the country has experienced significant and persistent global current account surpluses; and (4) the country's government has foreign asset reserves exceeding the amount necessary to repay all its debt obligations falling due within the coming 12 months, 20% percent of the country's money supply, and the value of the country's imports during the previous 4 months.
 
Requires the use, for calculating a country's &quot;real effective exchange rate undervaluation,&quot; of certain guidelines of the Consultative Group on Exchange Rate Issues of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or, if those guidelines are not available, generally accepted economic and econometric techniques and methodologies. Requires the use, also, of inflation-adjusted, trade-weighted exchange rates.
 
Applies the amendments made by this Act to goods from Canada and Mexico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Accountability in Unemployment Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1277
Sponsor: Rep. Pearce, Stevan [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
Accountability in Unemployment Act of 2013 - Amends title III (Grants to States for Unemployment Compensation) of the Social Security Act to require state laws to deny unemployment compensation to applicants unless they undergo drug testing and test negative.
 
Requires a retest after a 30-day waiting period for applicants who test positive for any one of several specified drugs.
 
Denies unemployment compensation for five years to any applicant who tests positive for drugs three or more times.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Non-Disparagement of Native American Persons or Peoples in Trademark Registration Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1278
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Professional sports
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
Non-Disparagement of Native American Persons or Peoples in Trademark Registration Act of 2013 - Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to conclusively presume that a mark that uses the term &quot;redskin&quot; or any derivation of that term consists of matter which may disparage persons if: (1) it has been, is, or is intended to be used in commerce in connection with references to or images of Native Americans; or (2) the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (Director) determines that the term as included in the mark is commonly understood to refer to Native Americans. (The possibility that a mark disparages persons is grounds for refusing its registration.)
 
Requires the Director to cancel the registration of a mark containing the term &quot;redskin&quot; or any derivation of that term if: (1) it has been or is used in commerce in connection with references to or images of Native Americans, or (2) the Director determines that the term as included in the mark is commonly understood to refer to Native Americans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E363-364)
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1279
Sponsor: Del. Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [D-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Foreign labor
South Korea
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include nationals of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) coming to the United States under a treaty of commerce to perform specialty occupation services in the nonimmigrant E-3 visa category.
 
Authorizes up to 10,500 of such visas to be issued each fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Voter Fraud Prevention Act

Bill: 113-hr-1280
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Postal service
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
Voter Fraud Prevention Act - Amends the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to: (1) increase from 5 to 10 years the length of imprisonment for criminal activities involving intimidation or fraud in connection with voter registration and voting, (2) prohibit an individual involved in such activities from voting in subsequent federal elections; and (3) require use of automated tagging and tracking services for voter registration cards and absentee ballots.
 
Amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require use of automated tagging and tracking services for absentee ballots.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Lead Hazard Title X Amendments Act

Bill: 113-hr-1282
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Appropriations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
Lead Hazard Title X Amendments Act - Amends the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 to revise the purpose for grants for lead-based paint hazard reduction in target housing.
 
Requires such grants to be made instead for reduction of lead-based paint hazards and correction of other housing-related hazards.
 
Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to establish a process by which, in order to verify a family's income level, a grantee may first obtain and use income and program participation information from an entity administering: (1) the HOME Investment Partnerships program under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act; (2) the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) established under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966; (3) reduced price or free lunches under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act; (4) the weatherization assistance program for low-income persons established under the Energy Conservation and Production Act; (5) the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA); (6) the supplemental security income (SSI) program under SSA title XVI; or (7) any other program consistent with the family income requirements of the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992.
 
Makes eligible to apply for such a grant, in addition to certain state or local governments, for specified activities relating to lead-based paint hazards: (1) an Indian tribe, and (2) private nonprofit organization partnering with the state or unit of general local government in which the activities will be carried out.
 
Makes a private nonprofit organization not partnering with a state or local government eligible all the same to apply for a grant to reduce housing-related health hazards, including any condition of residential real property that poses a risk of biological, physical, radiological, or chemical exposure that can adversely affect human health.
 
Revises grantee selection criteria for a grant to carry out activities relating to lead-based paint hazards, and prescribes criteria for activities relating to housing-related hazards.
 
Prescribes an allocation of funds for grants to assess and correct housing-related health hazards and evaluate the effectiveness of such assessments and corrections.
 
Reauthorizes the Act for FY2014-FY2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E343)
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
Main Street Stabilization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-1283
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
Main Street Stabilization Act of 2013 - Directs the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a grant program for small business development centers. 
 
 Requires program funding to be used for: (1) the development of business advisory capacity, (2) the development of online tools and resources for struggling small businesses, (3) the deployment of additional resources to help industry sectors with a high presence of small businesses, and (4) the development of a listing of financing options for small business capital access. 
 
Prohibits the SBA from awarding an entity under this Act more than $250,000 in grant funds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for coverage under the beneficiary travel program of the Department of Veterans Affairs of certain disabled veterans for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-1284
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2013-03-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Neurological disorders
Transportation costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: 
Authorizes payment under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) beneficiary travel program of travel expenses in connection with medical examination, treatment, or care of a veteran with vision impairment, a spinal cord injury or disorder, or double or multiple amputations whose travel is in connection with care provided through a VA special disabilities rehabilitation program, if such care is provided: (1) on an inpatient basis, or (2) while a veteran is provided temporary lodging at a VA facility in order to make such care more accessible.
 
Requires a report from the Secretary to the congressional veterans committees on the travel program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-05-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-03-20
text: Introduced in House