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STOP IRS Act

Bill: 113-hr-2565
Sponsor: Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2013-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Employee performance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: 
Stop Targeting Our Politics IRS Act or the STOP IRS Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 to expand existing grounds for termination of the employment of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee to include performing, delaying, or failing to perform (or threatening to perform, delay, or fail to perform) any official action (including any audit) with respect to a taxpayer for purpose of extracting personal gain or benefit or for a political purpose.

action_date: 2013-07-31
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Stop Targeting Our Politics IRS Act or the STOP IRS Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 to expand existing grounds for termination of the employment of an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee to include performing, delaying, or failing to perform (or threatening to perform, delay, or fail to perform) any official action (including any audit) with respect to a taxpayer for purpose of extracting personal gain or benefit or for a political purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5212)
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5212)
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2565.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5212-5214)
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Mr. Renacci moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Introduced in House
To modify the definition of armor piercing ammunition to better capture its capabilities.

Bill: 113-hr-2566
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2013-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: 
Amends the federal criminal code to expand the definition of "armor piercing ammunition" to include a projectile that may be used in a handgun and that is determined by the Attorney General to be capable of penetrating body armor.
 
Requires the Attorney General to: (1) promulgate standards for the uniform testing of projectiles against the Body Armor Exemplar (body armor that the Attorney General determines meets minimum standards for the protection of law enforcement officers), taking into account variations in performance related to the type of handgun used, the length of the barrel, the amount and kind of powder used, and the projectile's design; and (2) assess and, as appropriate, modify the standards every three years or more frequently if warranted by technological advances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Child Handgun Safety Act

Bill: 113-hr-2567
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2013-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Firearms and explosives
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: 
Child Handgun Safety Act - Directs the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to promulgate a consumer product safety standard for handguns that requires that: (1) any handgun manufactured in the United States must be child-resistant and include a mechanism that effectively precludes an average five-year old child from operating it when it is ready to fire (effective one year after this Act's enactment date); and (2) any handgun sold, offered for sale, traded, transferred, shipped, leased, or distributed in the United States must be child-resistant as manufactured or retrofitted to be child-resistant (effective two years after such date).
 
Includes as such a mechanism: (1) raising trigger resistance to at least a 10-pound pull, (2) altering the firing mechanism so that an average 5-year old child's hands are too small to operate the handgun, or (3) requiring a series of multiple motions in order to fire the handgun.
 
Exempts antique firearms and firearms owned by the Department of Defense (DOD).
 
Requires the cost of retrofitting a firearm to meet such requirement to be borne by the manufacturer if the manufacturer is operational at the time the retrofit is required, but permits the use of the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund for payments to reimburse handgun manufacturers for the costs of retrofitting required by this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Essex National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act

Bill: 113-hr-2568
Sponsor: Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Massachusetts

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: 
Essex National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act - Amends the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to: (1) extend the authority for the Secretary of the Interior to make grants or provide assistance respecting the Essex National Heritage Area until September 30, 2027, and (2) increase the total amount that may be appropriated for the Area under the Act to $20 million. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Valley View Ferry Preservation Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2570
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-27 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: 
Exempts the vessel 
John Craig
 from certain requirements when operating on a portion of the Kentucky River.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-27
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Opportunity Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2573
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Securities
State and local finance
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Student Loan Opportunity Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax-exempt private activity bond financing, to eliminate the restriction on nonprofit corporations that acquire student loan notes to notes incurred under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (thus allowing such corporations to access tax-exempt financing for other types of student loans). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2574
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Keep Student Loans Affordable Act of 2013 - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the 3.4% interest rate on Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2013, to Direct Stafford loans first disbursed to undergraduate students between July 1, 2011, and July 1, 2014. 
 
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify rules for required distributions from tax-exempt pension plans to an employee who dies before such employee's entire interest is distributed to require such interest to be distributed within five years after the death of such employee, subject to exceptions for an eligible designated beneficiary and surviving spouse of such employee. Defines "eligible designated beneficiary" to include a disabled or chronically-ill individual. Exempts from such modification a binding annuity contract in effect on the enactment date of this Act.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Job Protection Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2577
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Sales and excise taxes
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Small Business Job Protection Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to redefine "applicable large employer," for purposes of the mandate requiring employers to provide health insurance for their employees, to mean an employer with at least 100 full-time employees (currently, 50).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Rural Hospital Fairness Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2578
Sponsor: Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Rural Hospital Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, to extend from January 1, 2013 to January 1, 2014, specified &quot;hold harmless&quot; payments for small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-06-28
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: 2013-06-28
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: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Right to Rent Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2580
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government information and archives
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Right to Rent Act of 2013 - Grants eligible mortgagors subject to foreclosure proceedings the right to continue to occupy foreclosed properties subject to the payment of fair market rent for a period of five years that begins upon the commencement of occupancy of such property. 
 
Instructs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to: (1) monitor compliance with this Act, (2) provide assistance to eligible mortgagors in exercising their rights under this Act, and (3) conduct outreach activities to inform eligible mortgagors of this Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2581
Sponsor: Rep. Hurt, Robert [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to replace a requirement that a permit be obtained for any discharge of dredged or fill material into the navigable waters incidental to any activity having as its purpose bringing an area of such waters into a use to which it was not previously subject and where the flow or circulation of such waters may be impaired or the reach of such waters may be reduced with a requirement that a permit be obtained for any such discharge that is not currently exempted from permit requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
PATENT Jobs Act

Bill: 113-hr-2582
Sponsor: Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Intellectual property

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Patents and Trademarks Encourage New Technology Jobs Act or the PATENT Jobs Act - Requires, notwithstanding the presidential sequestration order issued on March 1, 2013, that the budgetary resources sequestered with respect to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) be available for obligation for the same purpose and in the same manner as if such order had not been issued.
 
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to expand the list of budget accounts exempt from reduction under certain sequestration orders issued by the President to include the USPTO.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize the matching grant program for school security in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.

Bill: 113-hr-2583
Sponsor: Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communications systems
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
 Amends the the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) authorize appropriations for the matching grant program for school security through FY2018, and (2) authorize such grants to be used for emergency notification and response technologies and the acquisition and installation of technology for expedited notification of local law enforcement during an emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Higher Education and Employment Transparency Act

Bill: 113-hr-2584
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Consumer affairs
Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Higher education
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Higher Education and Employment Transparency Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make publicly available on the College Navigator website the job placement information that schools who are participating in that Act's title IV (Student Assistance) programs are required to provide to prospective and enrolled students.
 
Requires those schools to supplement that job placement information by indicating whether or not the jobs their graduates obtain are paid jobs or require any postsecondary education.
 
Requires those schools to include on their websites, and the Secretary to include on the College Navigator website, a link to the appropriate section of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website that provides information from the Occupational Employment Statistics program and the Occupational Outlook Handbook of the BLS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-2585
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) expand the juvenile accountability block grant program with respect to programs for the prevention of bullying to include intervention programs, and (2) authorize appropriations for such grant program for FY2014-FY2018.
 
Encourages the use of best practices for all activities under such grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
FISA Court Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-2586
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2013-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Specialized courts

Summary:
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: 
FISA Court Accountability Act - Amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) to require the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to consist of 11 publicly designated district court judges, of whom 3 judges are designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and 2 judges each are designated, respectively, by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate. (Currently, the Chief Justice designates all 11 judges.)
 
Requires any authority exercised by the court en banc (consisting of all judges who constitute the court when an en banc proceeding is ordered by a majority of the judges in certain circumstances) to be exercised only when agreed to by at least 60% of the judges sitting en banc.
 
Directs the Chief Justice, the Speaker, and the majority leader of the Senate (or, if the majority leader is a member of the same political party as the Speaker, the minority leader of the Senate) to each publicly designate one judge from the U.S. district courts or courts of appeals who together shall comprise the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review. (Currently, the Chief Justice designates all three of such judges.) Allows such court to decide in favor of the government only if the decision of the reviewing judges is unanimous.
 
Directs the Attorney General (DOJ) to submit to Congress a copy of any decision, order, or opinion issued by each court (currently, only those issuances with a significant construction or interpretation of FISA) along with an unclassified summary of each such decision, order, or opinion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2013-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-06-28
text: Introduced in House