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Parental Notification and Intervention Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3601
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family relationships
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Parental Notification and Intervention Act of 2013 - Prohibits any person or organization in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, or who solicits or accepts federal funds, from performing, permitting facilities to be used to perform, or assisting in the performance of an abortion on an unemancipated minor unless: (1) written notification is provided to the parents of the minor informing them that an abortion has been requested, unless there is clear and convincing evidence of physical abuse of the minor by such parent; (2) there is compliance with a 96-hour waiting period after any required notice has been received by the parents; and (3) there is compliance with any injunction granted by a federal district court if a notified parent initiates a judicial intervention process to enjoin the abortion. Prescribes penalties of not more than a $100,000 fine and/or imprisonment for not more than one year for each willful violation.
 
Provides for an exception from such parental notification requirements if a physician (other than the physician with principal responsibility for making the decision to perform the abortion) determines that: (1) a medical emergency exists that would result in the minor's death if her condition were not immediately treated, even though the treatment may result in the death of her unborn child; (2) parental notification is not possible as a result of the emergency; and (3) certifications regarding compliance with such rules and the reasons upon which such determinations are based have been entered in the minor's medical records. 
Requires parental notification through certified mail or personal delivery. 
Defines &quot;parent&quot; to include any legal guardian of an unemancipated minor. 
Authorizes a notified parent to bring an action in federal court which shall enjoin the abortion: (1) until the court's judgment is final, or (2) permanently unless the court determines that granting such relief would be unlawful. 
Prohibits this Act from being construed to preempt any state law that establishes, implements, or continues in effect greater parental notification requirements or intervention rights regarding abortion.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Filipino Temporary Protected Status Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3602
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Floods and storm protection
Immigration status and procedures
Philippines
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Filipino Temporary Protected Status Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the extraordinary and temporary conditions caused by flooding and other catastrophic damage wrought by Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines qualifies the Philippines for designation under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, pursuant to which nationals of the Philippines would be eligible for temporary protected status in the United States. 
 
Provides 18-month temporary protected status for a national of the Philippines who: (1) has been continuously physically present in the United States since November 8, 2013, (2) is admissible as an immigrant and not ineligible for temporary protected status, and (3) registers for temporary protected status in a manner that the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) shall establish. 
 
Permits such an alien to travel abroad if the alien establishes to the satisfaction of the Secretary that emergency and extenuating circumstances beyond the alien's control require his or her departure for a brief, temporary trip abroad.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
To limit the construction on United States soil of satellite positioning ground monitoring stations of foreign governments, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-hr-3603
Sponsor: Rep. Kingston, Jack [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign property
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Prohibits the President from authorizing or permitting the construction of a satellite positioning ground monitoring station directly or indirectly controlled by a foreign government on U.S. soil until the Secretary of Defense (DOD) and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) jointly certify to Congress that such station will not possess the capability or potential to be used to gather intelligence or improve foreign weapons systems. 
 
Directs the Secretary, DNI, and the Commander of the U.S. Strategic Command to jointly report to Congress regarding the use of such stations by foreign governments to gather intelligence or improve the accuracy of missile guidance systems. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, 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: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, 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: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, 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: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Education Privacy Act

Bill: 113-hr-3604
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Preschool education
Right of privacy
School administration
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Protecting Education Privacy Act - Amends provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 that prohibit the Department of Education from funding educational agencies or institutions that release student educational records (or personally identifiable information other than certain directory information) to any individual, agency, or organization without written parental consent.
 
Expands the list of individuals exempt from such prohibitions (thereby permitting the educational agencies or institutions participating in a Department of Education program to release records or identifiable information to such individuals without parental consent) to include authorized representatives of local educational authorities.
 
Defines &quot;authorized representative,&quot; for purposes of determining the individuals authorized to access student records in specified circumstances, as an individual who is: (1) designated by the Comptroller General (GAO), Secretary of Education, or state or local educational authorities; and (2) under the direct control, as a contractor or employee, of such officials.
 
Prohibits students' educational records or personally identifiable information from being: (1) released by an authorized representative to any individual, agency, or organization, other than the official who has direct control over such representative; or (2) shared, without the written parental consent, for the development of commercial products or services.
 
Repeals Department of Education regulations that define &quot;authorized representative,&quot; &quot;early childhood education program,&quot; and &quot;education program.&quot; Prohibits the Secretary from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that defines such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
State Health Care Choice Act

Bill: 113-hr-3607
Sponsor: Rep. Mulvaney, Mick [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
State Health Care Choice Act - Authorizes a state to limit the application of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) with respect to health insurance coverage within that state by enacting a law that: (1) expresses the intent of the state to opt out of one or more of the provisions of PPACA, (2) contains a list of the provisions that will not apply to the state, and (3) either expresses the state's intent to continue to administer health coverage-related laws as in effect in the state on March 23, 2010, or provides for the implementation of related state laws enacted after such date.
 
Sets forth provisions that may be made inapplicable within a state, including provisions related to health coverage, essential health benefits, health insurance exchanges, alternative health plans established by states, individual and employer health coverage requirements, interoperable protocols for enrollment in federal and state health and human service programs, and expansion of Medicaid coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3260 Broad Street in Port Henry, New York, as the "Dain Taylor Venne Post Office Building".

Bill: 113-hr-3609
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, William L. [D-NY-21]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
New York State
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3260 Broad Street in Port Henry, New York, as the "Dain Taylor Venne Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2014-03-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
DHS Immigration Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3611
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
DHS Immigration Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit to Congress an annual report on DHS immigration policy directives.
 
States that for specified purposes an immigration policy directive shall be treated as a rule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3612
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Credit and credit markets
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act of 2013 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to require a lender, before issuing a private education loan for a student attending an institution of higher education (IHE), to obtain the IHE's certification of: (1) the student's enrollment status, (2) the student's cost of attendance, and (3) the difference between that cost and the student's estimated financial assistance. Eliminates the requirement that such lenders obtain a self-certification form from the private education loan applicant. 
 
Allows a lender to issue such loan without a certification if there is no response from the relevant IHE within 15 business days of the lender's request for the certification. 
 
Requires private educational lenders to: (1) send loan statements to borrowers at least once every three months a student is enrolled at an IHE; (2) notify the relevant IHE, in writing, of the loan amount and the student to whom it applies no later than the date funds are issued; and (3) submit an annual report to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) containing information the CFPB requires concerning private student loans.
 
Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require IHEs, before providing lenders with certifications, to determine whether students have exhausted their options for title IV assistance and notify borrowers of: (1) the availability of such assistance, (2) their ability to choose their own private educational lender, (3) the impact of the proposed private education loan on their eligibility for other financial assistance, and (4) their right to accept or reject a private education loan within 30 days of the lender's approval of their application and to cancel the loan within 3 business days of its consummation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a change in payment for certain hospitals under Medicare.

Bill: 113-hr-3613
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to payment to hospitals for inpatient hospital services, to revise the payment formula for certain &quot;subsection (d) hospitals&quot; under Medicare. 
 
(Generally, a subsection (d) hospital is an acute care hospital, particularly one that receives payments under Medicare's inpatient prospective payment system [IPPS], when providing covered inpatient services to eligible beneficiaries.)
 
Specifies as the kind of subsection (d) hospital to which this payment formula applies any hospital that: (1) first received a payment in 1986 which has an average inpatient length of stay of more than 20 days, and (2) has 80% or more of its annual Medicare inpatient discharges with a principal diagnosis that reflects a finding of neoplastic disease in the 12-month cost reporting period ending in FY1997.
 
Requires payments for inpatient operating costs, in the case of such hospitals, for cost reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2014, to be based upon the established target amount per discharge, increased for each succeeding cost reporting period by the market basket percentage increase.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Military Skills to Careers Act

Bill: 113-hr-3614
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Military education and training
State and local government operations
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Military Skills to Careers Act - Requires a state, as a condition for receipt of a grant or contract from the Department of Labor to employ disabled veterans' outreach program specialists and local veterans' employment representatives, to establish a program under which that state administers an examination and issues a license or credential to a veteran without requiring any training or apprenticeship if such veteran: (1) receives a satisfactory score on such examination, (2) has been awarded a military occupational specialty that is substantially equivalent to or exceeds the state requirements for such license or credential, (3) has engaged in active practice of such occupation for at least two of the five years preceding the date of application for such license or credential, and (4) pays any fees required by the state for such license or credential. Requires the state to report annually to the Secretary of Labor on the exams administered, the number of veterans who completed such exams, and exam results, disaggregated by occupational field.
 
Allows the Secretary to waive the requirement that a state establish such a program if the state certifies that it: (1) takes into account previous military training or testing; (2) permits veterans to satisfy through examination training or testing requirements for which a veteran has previously completed military training; and (3) substantially reduces training time, based on the military training received by a veteran, required to satisfy requirements the veteran is unable to completely satisfy through examination.
 
Requires an annual report from the Secretary to Congress and the Secretary of Defense on administered exams and exam results.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2014-03-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
Careers for Heroes Act

Bill: 113-hr-3615
Sponsor: Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]
Introduced: 2013-11-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: 
Careers for Heroes Act - Directs the head of each federal agency other than the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop a plan for exercising, during the five-year period beginning on the enactment of this Act, authority to make veterans recruitment appointments and authority under the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998. 
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to ensure that, under such plans, agencies shall appoint no less than 15,000 qualified covered veterans during such period. (Covered veterans include those who: (1) are disabled or recently separated; (2) served on active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized; or (3) while serving on active duty, participated in a military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Introduced in House