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NGEAR Act

Bill: 113-s-656
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2013-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Public transit
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: 
Natural Gas Energy and Alternatives Rewards Act or the NGEAR Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2016: (1) the excise tax credits for alternative fuels and alternative fuel mixtures; and (2) the tax credit for depreciable property used for alternative fuel vehicle refueling, including property relating to hydrogen.
 
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to direct the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to establish a rebate program through 2016 for the purchase of alternatively fueled buses by: (1) a public or private entity providing transportation exclusively for school students, personnel, and equipment; or (2) a public entity providing mass transit services to the public. Allows such entities a rebate equal to the lesser of 30% of the purchase price of such a bus or $15,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Cyber Warrior Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-658
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Homeland security
Military civil functions
Military command and structure
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: 
Cyber Warrior Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to establish in each state and the District of Columbia a separate team of National Guard members to be known as the Cyber and Computer Network Incident Response Team to perform analysis and protection in support of programs to prepare for and respond to emergencies involving an attack or natural disaster impacting a computer, electronic, or cyber network. 
 
Authorizes National Guard members to assist the combatant commands in developing and expanding their capacity to prepare for and respond to such events.
 
Prohibits members from performing such duties unless the Secretary certifies to Congress that the members possess the requisite skills, training, and equipment to be proficient in all mission requirements.
 
Requires the homeland defense activities for which the Secretary is authorized to provide funds to a governor for National Guard units to include: (1) the National Guard's provision of cyber emergency education and training for state and local law enforcement and governmental personnel; and (2) upon a governor's order, the National Guard's performance of activities undertaken by state and local governments to prepare for and respond to such emergencies.
 
Sets forth requirements for the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force to provide appropriate cyber training to members of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2337)
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reauthorize the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-659
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2013-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Natural disasters
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: 
Amends the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to extend authority for the drought program and authorize appropriations for such Act through FY2018.

action_date: 2013-07-15
text: 
Amends the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to extend authorities and the authorization of appropriations under such Act through FY2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 130.
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with an amendment. With written report No. 113-73.
action_date: 2013-07-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Wyden with an amendment. With written report No. 113-73.
action_date: 2013-05-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2013-04-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-32.
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2337)
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Innovation Through Trade Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-660
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2013-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Intellectual property
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: 
Innovation Through Trade Act of 2013 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to revise the composition of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to include one Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator, who shall: (1) be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and (2) conduct trade negotiations and enforce trade agreements with respect to U.S. intellectual property as well as take appropriate actions to address foreign acts, policies, and practices that have a significant adverse impact on the value of U.S. innovation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Health Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to promote timely emergency rehabilitation and restoration of Federal forest land impacted by catastrophic events, to redirect for a 5-year-period funding normally made available for land acquisition to mechanical forest treatment and salvage operations due to catastrophic events, and for other purposes.

Bill: 113-s-661
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2013-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: 
Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) and the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, to implement procedures to ensure that not less than 600,000 acres of federal land each fiscal year are treated with mechanical treatments intended to produce merchantable wood.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) declare that emergency circumstances exist for all federal land affected by a catastrophic event, including federal land outside urban interface areas; and (2) take actions necessary for the rehabilitation or restoration of such federal land, with highest priority given to land impacted by large-scale beetle infestations. 
 
Directs the Secretary to initiate salvage activities on federal land affected by a catastrophic event so as to prevent significant deterioration of timber values, development of significant fire hazard, or other forest mortality that would prevent such land from regenerating to forest within five years. 
 
Excludes from the provisions of this Act: (1) a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System; (2) federal land on which the removal of vegetation is prohibited or restricted by Congress, the President, or a land management plan; or (3) a wilderness study area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
California Milk Marketing Order Act

Bill: 113-s-663
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2013-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
California

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: 
California Milk Marketing Order Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), upon the petition and approval of California dairy producers, to designate California as a separate federal milk marketing order. 
 
Provides that if so designated, the order covering California shall have the right to reblend and distribute order receipts to recognize quota value. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2338)
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2337-2338)
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Government Contractor Accountability Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-664
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2013-03-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Architect of the Capitol
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Congressional agencies
Director of National Intelligence
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government studies and investigations
Library of Congress
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: 
Government Contractor Accountability Act of 2013 - Requires specified federal agencies (defined as establishments by the Inspector General Act of 1978) to report to Congress on their response, or lack of response, to covered final audit reports submitted to such agencies by an Inspector General or by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction or the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. Defines &quot;covered final audit report&quot; as a final report issued by an Inspector General that includes a recommendation for implementing cost-saving measures or for seeking reimbursement for failure by a contractor or subcontractor to successfully complete a contract due to poor performance, cost-overruns, or other reasons that would, if implemented, result in at least $2 million in savings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Star Print ordered on the bill.
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-03-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-666
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2013-04-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: 
Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act of 2013 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit any person from knowingly attending an animal fighting venture or causing a minor (a person under the age of 18) to attend such a venture. 
 
Subjects any person who: (1) knowingly attends such venture to a fine and/or imprisonment for up to a year for each violation, and (2) knowingly causes a minor to attend such venture to a fine and/or imprisonment for up to three years for each violation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Fire-Damaged Home Rebuilding Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-667
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2013-04-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Disaster relief and insurance
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Land use and conservation
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: 
Fire Damaged Home Rebuilding Act of 2013 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow local variances for certain residential structures substantially damaged by a fire or other disaster, not including a flood.
 
Permits state or local authorities, upon making certain determinations, to grant a variance from compliance with certain mandatory adequate land use and control measures to allow repair and restoration of an eligible structure to its pre-damaged condition without elevation of the structure.
 
Includes among such determinations that: (1) the repaired and restored structure will be located on the same site as it was before being substantially damaged, and (2) the number of floors of the restored structure will not exceed the number of floors of the original structure. 
 
Restricts the maximum number of such variances to 10 during any calendar year. 
Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from either: (1) finding that land use and control measures are inadequate or inconsistent with the comprehensive criteria for land management and use because they permit granting the variances identified under this Act; or (2) suspending an area or subdivision from participation in the national flood insurance program, or placing it on probation, because its land use and control measures provide for such variances. 
Prohibits the chargeable flood insurance premium rate for a residential structure granted a variance under this Act from being lower than the rate that otherwise would apply if such structure had not been substantially damaged by a fire or other disaster (except a flood) and repaired and restored pursuant to the variance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2456-2457)
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Main Street in Brockport, New York, as the "Staff Sergeant Nicholas J. Reid Post Office Building".

Bill: 113-s-668
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-04-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
New York State
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14 Main Street in Brockport, New York, as the "Staff Sergeant Nicholas J. Reid Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6258-6259; text as passed Senate: CR S6259)
action_date: 2013-08-01
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6258-6259; text as passed Senate: CR S6259)
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 157.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2013-07-31
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Free File Program Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-669
Sponsor: Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]
Introduced: 2013-04-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: 
Free File Program Act of 2013 - Authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to continue to operate the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Free File program (free online individual income tax preparation and electronic filing services provided by the private sector technology industry to lower income taxpayers).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Dairy Pricing Reform Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-670
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2013-04-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Department of Agriculture

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: 
Dairy Pricing Reform Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to use a pre-hearing public information session to determine whether to conduct a formal hearing to consider alternative formulas for Class III milk product pricing. 
 
Directs the Secretary to conduct hearings to: (1) analyze the implications of transitioning from a four-class system for milk products to a two-class system, (2) explore methods to improve signals for price discovery to allow dairy producers to better use risk management tools, and (3) assess whether a two-class competitive pay pricing system for milk products would be more or less transparent than the existing system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Deniss Nikanorov.

Bill: 113-s-671
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2013-04-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Provides for the relief of Deniss Nikanorov.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-672
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2013-04-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: 
Medicare Safe Needle Disposal Coverage Act of 2013 - Amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover as a part D drug any devices approved for home use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the safe and effective containment, removal, decontamination, and disposal of home-generated needles, syringes, and other sharps through a sharps container, decontamination/destructive device, or sharps-by-mail program or similar program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-673
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2013-04-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: 
Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2013 - Amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a creditor from extending credit to a consumer under an open end consumer credit plan (credit card) for which the fee and interest rate exceeds 36%.
 
Sets forth criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Empowers state Attorneys General to enforce this Act.
 
Revises requirements for a periodic statement for each billing cycle with respect to where the total finance charge exceeds 50 cents for a monthly or longer billing cycle, or the pro rata part of 50 cents for a billing cycle shorter than monthly. Requires inclusion of the fee and interest rate, displayed as &quot;FAIR,&quot; instead of the total finance charge expressed as an annual percentage rate (APR).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2504-2505)
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2502-2504)
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Accountability for Veterans Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-674
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2013-04-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
National Archives and Records Administration
Social Security Administration
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: 
Accountability for Veterans Act of 2013 - Requires that, whenever the head of the Department of Defense (DOD), the Social Security Administration, or the National Archives and Records Administration (agency head) receives a request from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) for information necessary to adjudicate a veterans' benefit claim, the agency head shall, within 30 days, either: (1) furnish such information; or (2) submit an explanation for not being able to furnish such information, as well as an estimate of when the agency head will be able to furnish such information. Provides for the continuous resubmission of, and required response to, requests not acted upon within the original or estimated period. Requires the Secretary to notify the appropriate claimant of each request made and explanation and estimate received.
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) keep records of the information requested and the time it takes to receive responses, and (2) submit semiannually to the congressional veterans committees a summary of such records.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-06-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-111.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2013-04-09
text: Introduced in Senate