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Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act

Bill: 113-hr-259
Sponsor: Rep. Pompeo, Mike [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2013-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Corporate finance and management
Electric power generation and transmission
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Income tax rates
Motor fuels
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: 
Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal: (1) the excise tax credits for alcohol fuel, biodiesel, and alternative fuel mixtures; (2) the tax credits for the purchase of alternative motor vehicles and new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles; (3) the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property tax credit; (4) the income tax credits for alcohol, biodiesel, and renewable diesel used as fuel; (5) the enhanced oil recovery tax credit and the tax credit for producing oil and gas from marginal wells; (6) the tax credits for producing electricity from renewable resources and from advanced nuclear power facilities; (7) the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration; (8) the energy tax credit; and (9) the tax credits for investment in qualifying advanced coal projects and qualifying gasification projects. 
 
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe a flat income tax rate for corporations, in lieu of the existing marginal tax rates, based upon the overall revenue savings from the repeal of energy tax expenditures by this Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Public Option Deficit Reduction Act

Bill: 113-hr-261
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2013-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: 
Public Option Deficit Reduction Act - Amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to offer through Exchanges a health benefits plan (public health insurance option) that ensures choice, competition, and stability of affordable, high-quality coverage throughout the United States. Declares that the Secretary's primary responsibility is to create a low-cost plan without compromising quality or access to care.
 
Sets forth provisions related to the establishment and governance of the public health insurance option, including that such plan: (1) may be made available only through Exchanges; (2) must comply with requirements applicable to other health benefits plans offered through such Exchanges, including requirements related to benefits, benefit levels, provider networks, notices, consumer protections, and cost sharing; and (3) must offer bronze, silver, and gold plan levels.
 
Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish an office of the ombudsman for the public health insurance option, (2) collect such data as may be required to establish premiums and payment rates, (3) establish geographically adjusted premiums at a level sufficient to fully finance the costs of the health benefits provided and administrative costs related to the operation of the plan, and (4) establish payment rates and provide for greater payment rates for the first three years.
 
Requires repayment of start-up costs for the public health insurance option. 
 
Authorizes the Secretary to utilize innovative payment mechanisms and policies to determine payments for items and services under the public health insurance option.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act

Bill: 113-hr-262
Sponsor: Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2013-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Government trust funds
Mammals
Postal service
Reptiles
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: 
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Reauthorization Act - Amends the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2010 to require such stamp to be: (1) made available to the public for an additional four years; and (2) offered in a a choice of five versions depicting an African or Asian elephant, a rhinoceros, a tiger, a marine turtle, or a great ape.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-263
Sponsor: Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2013-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: 
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Reauthorizes and revises the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act.
 
 Increases the number of directors appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Board of Directors. Makes uniform the experience required of each such appointee. Requires the Foundation to have an Executive Director who is appointed by the Board and is knowledgeable and experienced in matters relating to fish and wildlife conservation.
 
Gives the Foundation the power to receive and administer restitution and community service payments, amounts for mitigation of impacts to natural resources, and other amounts arising from legal, regulatory, or administrative proceedings, as long as the funds are used for the conservation and management of fish, wildlife, plants, and other natural resources.
 
Repeals provisions authorizing the Foundation to establish a national whale conservation endowment fund.
 
Authorizes the Foundation to: (1) assess and collect fees for the management of amounts received from federal agencies; and (2) use such federal funds for matching contributions made by private persons, state and local agencies, and other entities (current law requires such use).
 
Authorizes the Foundation to perform functions that the National Park Foundation is authorized to conduct, unless exclusive authority is given to the National Park Foundation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
FHA Enhanced Oversight Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-264
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2013-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: 
FHA Enhanced Oversight Act of 2013 - Amends the National Housing Act to require semiannual independent studies during any period that the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund does not meet minimum capital ratio requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-265
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2013-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Evidence and witnesses
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Organized crime
Pornography

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: 
Confidential Informant Accountability Act of 2013 - Directs the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Department of the Treasury to report biannually to Congress on all serious crimes, authorized and unauthorized, committed by informants maintained by the respective law enforcement agencies of such Departments (the Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI], the Drug Enforcement Administration [DEA], the U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE], and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives [ATF]).
 
Defines a &quot;serious crime&quot; as any serious violent felony or drug offense (as such terms are defined in the federal criminal code) or any offense of racketeering, bribery, child pornography, obstruction of justice, or perjury that an agent or employee of the relevant law enforcement agency has reasonable grounds to believe an informant has committed.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Justice for Victims of Confidential Informant Crime Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-266
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2013-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Government liability
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: 
Justice for Victims of Confidential Informant Crime Act of 2013 - Amends the federal judicial code to extend to three years and six months the period within which a tort claim against the United States must be presented in writing to a federal agency when the claim arises out of a government employee's conduct with respect to the criminal misconduct of a government informant. (Current law bars all tort claims against the United States that are not presented within two years after the claim accrues.)
 
Applies the amendment retroactively to any such claim that: (1) accrued on or after May 1, 1981; and (2) in the case of a claim accrued before the date of enactment of this Act, is presented within one year after such date.
 
Prohibits the government from asserting a defense or a bar, based on the doctrine of res judicata or collateral estoppel, to a claim that accrued before enactment of this Act and to which this Act applies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Fair Elections Now Act

Bill: 113-hr-269
Sponsor: Rep. Yarmuth, John A. [D-KY-3]
Introduced: 2013-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
House of Representatives
Judicial review and appeals
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: 
Fair Elections Now Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) with respect to:
 
 
 candidate benefits of fair elections financing of House of Representatives election campaigns;
 
 allocations to candidates from the Fair Elections Fund established by this Act;
 
500% matching payments to candidates for certain small dollar contributions;
 
Fund allocation eligibility requirements;
 
certification of a federal election candidate as a participating candidate;
 
contribution, expenditure, and fundraising requirements;
 
a public debate requirement;
 
remission to the Fair Elections Fund of unspent funds after an election;
 
establishment of the Fair Elections Fund and of a Fair Elections Oversight Board;
 
civil penalties for violation of contribution and expenditure requirements; and
 
transfer of a portion of collected civil money penalties into the Fair Elections Fund.
 
 
Prohibits: (1) use of contributions by a participating candidate for any purposes other than an election campaign, and (2) establishment of joint fundraising committees with any political committee other than a candidate's authorized committee. Prescribes a limitation on coordinated expenditures by political party committees with participating candidates.
 
Amends FECA to empower the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to petition the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to appeal a civil action.
 
Requires all designations, statements, and reports required to be filed under FECA to be filed: (1) directly with the FEC, and (2) in electronic form accessible by computers. Reduces from 48 hours to 24 hours after their receipt the deadline for the FEC to make designations, statements, reports, or notifications available to the public in the FEC office and on the Internet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health First Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-274
Sponsor: Rep. Barber, Ron [D-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2013-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: 
Mental Health First Act of 2013 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), acting through the Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), to award grants to initiate and sustain mental health first aid training programs. Requires such a program to include: (1) core live training courses on the skills, resources, and knowledge necessary to assist individuals in crisis to connect with appropriate local mental health care services; (2) training on mental health resources, including the location of community mental health centers in the state and local community; and (3) training on action plans and protocols for referral to such resources.
 
Sets forth the categories of individuals to be trained under the program, including emergency services personnel and other first responders, police officers and law enforcement personnel, teachers and school administrators, human resources professionals, faith community leaders, nurses and other primary care personnel, students enrolled in school, parents of students, veterans, and other individuals, audiences or training populations as appropriate.
 
Requires such programs to train individuals to accomplish: (1) safe de-escalation of crisis situations, (2) recognition of the signs and symptoms of mental illness, and (3) timely referral to mental health services in the early stages of developing mental disorders.
 
Requires the Secretary, in awarding grants, to: (1) ensure that grants are equitably distributed among the geographical regions of the United States, and (2) pay particular attention to the mental health training needs of populations and target audiences residing in rural areas.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
End Radon in Schools Act

Bill: 113-hr-275
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2013-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Air quality
Child health
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Radiation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: 
End Radon in Schools Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review, update, revise, and publish the Radon Measurements In Schools Guidelines with current information and guidance on radon testing in public elementary and secondary schools.
 
Directs the Administrator, subject to the availability of appropriations, to award grants to states to: (1) follow the updated Guidelines, (2) test radon levels in their public elementary and secondary schools, and (3) provide funds to their local educational agencies (LEAs) to mitigate and re-test radon levels in schools found to have radon levels that the updated Guidelines deem unsafe.
 
Requires the Administrator to conduct such mitigation directly or by contract if an LEA does not certify to its state that it will use grant funds to mitigate unsafe radon levels at its schools.
 
Gives highest grant priority to states whose total landmass lies in Radon Zone 1 and second highest priority to states with at least 50% of their landmass in Radon Zone 1. Defines &quot;Radon Zone 1&quot; as areas that have a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than four picocuries per liter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit United States assistance to the country of Egypt.

Bill: 113-hr-276
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2013-01-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Egypt
Foreign aid and international relief
Middle East

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: 
Prohibits any funds made available after FY2013 to any federal department or agency from being used to provide assistance to Egypt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
To revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07 in Rhode Island.

Bill: 113-hr-277
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2013-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Rhode Island

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: 
Replaces the map subtitled &quot;Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, Hazards Beach Unit RI-07&quot; included in the set of maps entitled &quot;John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System&quot; relating to certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in Rhode Island, with another map relating to the units entitled &quot;John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07&quot; (dated September 30, 2009).

action_date: 2014-12-01
text: 
Revises the boundaries of the Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit RI-06, Hazards Beach Unit RI-07 in the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System in Rhode Island.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-12-01
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 474.
action_date: 2014-12-01
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-634.
action_date: 2014-12-01
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 113-634.
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2014-07-16
text: Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Discharged.
action_date: 2014-04-08
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act

Bill: 113-hr-278
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2013-01-15 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional districts and representation
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Government information and archives
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
State and local courts
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: 
John Tanner Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act - Prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct such a subsequent redistricting in order to: (1) comply with the U.S. Constitution, or (2) enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
 
Requires such redistricting to be conducted through a plan developed by the independent redistricting commission established in the state, or if such plan is not enacted into law, the redistricting plan selected by the state's highest court or developed by a U.S. district court.
 
Prescribes requirements for: (1) establishment of a state independent redistricting commission (including provisions for holding each of its meetings in public and maintaining a public Internet site); (2) development of a redistricting plan (including soliciting and considering public comments) and its submission to the state legislature (with public notice of plans at least seven days prior to such submission); (3) selection of a plan, under specified conditions, by the state's highest court or the U.S. district court for the district in which the capital of the state is located; (4) special rules for redistricting conducted under a federal court order; and (5) Election Assistance Commission payments to states for carrying out redistricting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-01-15
text: Introduced in House